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If you return, I think I would not buy a flute just yet. John doesn't get time to play much & you can use the one your sister [?]. You may get you what clothes you need. Write me how much money you need & I will forward it. What do you do with the cloth & trimmings you carried to Boston for a coat? Will the store take it & allow you for it toward other cloths? We will all be glad to see you, whenever [underline] you come home, whether it be a month earlier or later. Perhaps you will conclude to stay through Nov., or till Thanksgiving [underline]. At Thanksgiving, you will have a good excuse [underline] to return, you know And at that time your business will be abating. Perhaps if you stay in the store till then, it won't be bad for you to go to Winchester. Do as you think best - in a hurry. Yours affectionately, Zadoc Long

Do you think best, my son, if you come home, to buy another flute? I shall have to pay out a considerably for your clothes and other expenses, & I am not very flush with money. Write me about it. Z. B you spell [start underline] to, too & two [end underline] all with to. Come home to Thanksgiving [underline], & we will talk it over & over & share a good time.

Eve. Since writing the above I have seen [start underline]"Old Uncle Arte-mas,"[end underline] & he says he should got to Boston first next month, & he will say something to you about helping him this winter in his store, if you don't stay at Boston. You must do some