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Richard leaves next week & I suppose
his Father will follow by & by - This
one & another drop off & the cheerful
little cottages will be left desolat
a striking memento of the [indecipherable]
-ness of all earthly things - Your
mother & I went to Wilmington last
week the journey was almost too
much for her - I went on to [indecipherable]
& saw Rev Mr Stiles who is to be in Sydney
next Sunday at the ordination - I also
saw Rob [indecipherable] &c at Richmond
which appears to me the only [indecipherable]
progressing at the present day-

They have nearly completed a
very beautiful parsonage It [thrust?]
the Church sadly into the back
ground- Charles was well