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is better, but we are afraid for her to go to Ark, and she does not wish to go, as she has two very small & delicate children that would not stand such a long trip  Aaron has plenty of money and should come for her - he is only 75 miles above Shreveport, where he could get on a boat and come to Galveston by way of New Orleans and up here, without difficulty he could do well here. All the negroes in this county are doing well, there is peace & harmony existing between them & the whites, they get pay for their services in Specie, and have plenty of money. Fanny knows that Aaron could make a fine support here for her & her children and thinks if he were here he would be satisfied, and I think his marrying in Ark