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friends! Yet they were patient under their sufferings; endured hardships with fortitude; and submitted to the will of Providence.

But I suppose you have read it all.  I therefore conclude, by subscribing,

Dear Brother,
    Your affectionate sister,
                    ABIGAIL CARVER
Master John Carver [[italicized]].

Letter XXVI
Answer to the foregoing.  
[[Right margin]]Exeter.

Dear Sister,
     I THANK you for your kind letter, which came to hand yesterday.  It was the more acceptable, as it related to the first settlement of this country ; the history of which is always interesting.  
   It cannot be expected, that, at the academy, we should read much history ; our time being chiefly employed in classical studies.  But what 
little 

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little we do read, our preceptor advises us to note down, or repeat to some friend, in the same manner as our papa recommended to you.  
    Your letter reminded me of what I read in Morse's Gazetteer, "that the Rock, in Plymouth, on which our forefathers first landed, was conveyed, in 1774, from the shore to a square in the centre of town.  The sentimental traveller will not fail to view it; and if he is passing to Cape Cod, he will pause a moment at Clampudding Pond, about seven miles from the town, where the people, in ancient days, when travelling from the Cape to attend the courts at Plymouth, used to fit and regale themselves with the clams and pudding which they brought with them." 
    I am glad you are likely to be indulged with the use of a social library.  I understand that the custom of establishing libraries is becoming general all over New-England.  
Dr. Belknap, in his History of New-Hampshire, says, "Another source of improvement, which I beg leave to recommend, is the establishment

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