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But, I'm in hopes they will do better now that the "Holidays are over. I am very anxious to be at work, for I came down here for that purpose, I came prepared to put up with almost all imaginable inconveniences, and have been very pleasantly disappointed, I should enjoy myself very much if I had a full school - I hope to see you down here before a great while, and see how matters stand, - my love to Mrs Colby, and tell her I should be very glad to see her at Pine Bluff Yours truly R. G. Slesser. Pine Bluff, Ark. Jan. 1st 1868.