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July 31, 1837

from morning till night, and drink milk till all is blue again.

I forgot to tell you how sick Catherine has been. Her anxiety and fatigue about Benjamin when he was sick laid her up. She is much better now. I believe it made her worse worrying about being sick when her Cincinnati friends came. She says she had been counting so much on our coming and then to be sick when we did come was too bad. I know it helped to make her worse but she says if Hiram only will come up and stay a while along with the rest she shall be entirely well. I do hope he will come for all the town are expecting it. I never saw such people in my life. They asked C some places wether I would call and see them or not for they expected such great folks as us would hardly come and ? (call on?) such poor folks. I never was treated more kindly by any people in my life as I have been by the people here. Every one of any note has called on me and invited me to come and spend the afternoon with them. I have been but to one place as yet but shall have to go to more this week or all the fat will be in the fire. Mrs. Morris has improved in health very much, I think since she came but little Will is not any better nor do I believe he ever will be. I was in hopes he would improve by coming here but he has not. She expects to start home on Saturday next. I hope she will for I should hate him to die here and I do not think he is long for this world. 

You wrote to me about the recipe book. I did not bring it along with me. Jimmy was mistaken it was my own little one that I had been writting [[writing]] in that I brought. I am glad to hear that Father is doing so well. I hope it will continue. I wish you were here to purchase what you want some of the goods are much cheaper than there. Flannels and a great many things. I intend if I get money from Hiram to buy a few things. Tell Hiram if he comes to bring his big trunk along for I shall have more to take home with me than I had to bring up. Tell Abby she not be afraid of Mary for there would not have been any cutting out in the business for the gentleman was a Jackson man and looked and spoke as much like Mr. [[strikethrough]] Hiaght [[\strikethrough]] Haight as if he had been his brother. We