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Farmington June 22d---
Thy few, but precious lines, my dear
Charity, were this day gratefully receiv d by thy R.T.
I was glad to hear you reached home without ac=
cident, or actual starveation- we are grieved that
we should be the cause of anxiety to the tender feel=
=ing minds of our beloved friends, then, there is no
real cause, for apprehension- thou wilt see my
dear Charity, that thy visionary thoughts were
wholly without foundation, & should any more of the
kind, intrude upon thy peace, I hope thou wilt
give them to the winds, & think no more of them-
be assured, thy friend Eli did not come home sick, but
quite the reverse from that, his appetite is good, &
have
he has felt better, the last three days, than I^ seen
him the summer before, could we see our dear C.?
in possession of as much health as we are favour d
with, we should feel much less uneasiness on her
account, than we now do- Enr Gleason is yet alive
& that is the most we can say for him, his failure
has been more gradual than was expected, he had
a return of reason yesterday morning, & made a
confession to Doctr, that he did not follow his di=
rections in the early part of his sickness, & that
he was now, convinced that his life must fall a sac=
=rifice to his own want of judgement, it seems he
