Be not too anxious to get money!—for nothing worth having is to be purchased. God bless you.
Yours affectionately
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LETTER VIII
Monday Night [December 30.]
My best love, your letter to-night was particularly grateful to my heart, depressed by the letters I received by ——, for he brought me several, and the parcel of books directed to Mr. ——— was for me. Mr. ———'s letter was long and very affectionate; but the account he gives me of his own affairs, though he obviously makes the best of them, has vexed me.
A melancholy letter from my sister ——— has also harrassed my mind—that from my brother would have given me sincere pleasure; but for — —
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