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here still. Will write more before I'm done. Your affectionate
son. "Reliable."

Andover Monday Oct 9"/64

Dear Grandmother

You letter came Friday night.
I am glad you enjoyed your visit so well. You say that you had fruit
plenty plums and peaches. Now would you believe that I have been
having all the fruit I could stuff since I came here. Well I have.
I suppose you would like to know what kind. It is the fruit of
Uncle Samuel's years of patient study; of his constant and thorough
training. Don't you think it is worth while to store away such fruit?
It is getting to be quite cold and the chilling winds of winter
are beginning to blow over the hills and trees in Andover. Mr
Eaton tells me you are having a second spring in Palmyra.
I was rather surprised to hear it. I had thought the equinoctial
storms had fairly set in. Has father gone to New York City yet? I expect
to visit New York this fall or winter some time and would be glad
of his company. Do you think I can get it? Mr Eaton leaves for
Boston and vicinity tomorrow. He intends visiting Harvard
and several other places before going to Palmyra. How did you
get along last Sunday without him? Why don't Aunt Naomi
write as she promised? The school bell is ringing and I
must to work. Love to Webster, Louisa, Sophia, Prince, Lean,
the Jacks, & last but not least Father. Tell 'em to write to your grandson
Horace E D