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half sheet - were I to attempt a whole one I believe I could at present fill it with nothing but a history of the poor Arnolds & their affliction.

M^rs. Chambers returned to Derby on Friday evening after spending her summer with the dowager M^rs. Sargent. I called yesterday morning not only to pay my respects to this pleasant woman & her charming daughter from whom I have received constant kindnesses, but also from an earnestness to enquire how the gentle & feeling Arnoldo supported such a tryal. This is their second child & eldest daughter & was from M^rs. C–s account every thing that a parent could wish a child in person & understanding She was turned of seven, & had been