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| − | + | & downhearted, but be comforted with these assurances that you are not uncared for, not abandoned, that we are thinking of you & praying for you, & sympathizing with you, & looking forward to the time of seing you, with as lively & absorbing interest as you feel toward us [underline]. Be not downhearted, I say, but cheerly. | |
| + | Tuesday noon. Oct. 12. We rec. an interesting very interesting letter of 2 sheets this morning from you. We rcd. a single [underline] letter yesterday. You write with care & with an affectionate frankness & [unreso?] that are very pleasing to us. You say you don't wish John Addison to know that you don't like your place very well. But I wish him [underline] & Mr. Denison to know & [start underline] presume you have acquainted them, as I desired [end underline] you to do that. I have decided that they may dismiss [underline] you [start underline] immediately unless they will pay your board for your services while you stay [end underline]. If you have neglected to make these terms known to them, do so no longer. For I will charge the store at that rate for your services & wish the [firm?] to be aware of it. I consider the House of J. N. Denison & Co. a very respectable one. I should prefer it to any other in Boston, for you, particularly on account of your being with John Addison whom, you know, I most highly esteem, but if you cannot earn enough by the severe duties assigned you to pay your board or if young men can be had to do as much & as well for $50, then I wish you to be forthwith dismissed & sent home. I can board you cheaper at home than in Boston. | ||
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& downhearted, but be comforted with these assurances that you are not uncared for, not abandoned, that we are thinking of you & praying for you, & sympathizing with you, & looking forward to the time of seing you, with as lively & absorbing interest as you feel toward us [underline]. Be not downhearted, I say, but cheerly. Tuesday noon. Oct. 12. We rec. an interesting very interesting letter of 2 sheets this morning from you. We rcd. a single [underline] letter yesterday. You write with care & with an affectionate frankness & [unreso?] that are very pleasing to us. You say you don't wish John Addison to know that you don't like your place very well. But I wish him [underline] & Mr. Denison to know & [start underline] presume you have acquainted them, as I desired [end underline] you to do that. I have decided that they may dismiss [underline] you [start underline] immediately unless they will pay your board for your services while you stay [end underline]. If you have neglected to make these terms known to them, do so no longer. For I will charge the store at that rate for your services & wish the [firm?] to be aware of it. I consider the House of J. N. Denison & Co. a very respectable one. I should prefer it to any other in Boston, for you, particularly on account of your being with John Addison whom, you know, I most highly esteem, but if you cannot earn enough by the severe duties assigned you to pay your board or if young men can be had to do as much & as well for $50, then I wish you to be forthwith dismissed & sent home. I can board you cheaper at home than in Boston.