Your account of your patientEditorial Note: This account is not extant. was interesting and I should have answered your first sooner but for cares that demanded my time.
In regard to that enquiry of the Bakers and Osgoods, my uncle Joseph Baker had three wives his second wife was an Osgood and her son by her first husband was True Osgood who always called uncle father, there were seven different children, i.e.As Written:ie., children of other parents who by marriage called uncle father I have often heard him allude to thisEditorial Note: We weren’t able to verify the described connection between the Bakers and the Osgoods. The suffering of Mrs. Dustin's limbs should be taken up as the rest has been, neuralgia As Written: nueralgia and nervous prostration; what other patients have you? Mrs. Story you could not cure her case is as I told you beyond the ability of human aid science As Written: scince only can do it Richard has done well for her so far but it requires months of unremitting As Written: unremiting aid from him to save her and whether she will feel she can attend to it so long is a question of time and of her wisdom
I regretted that she should have heard from AmesburyEditorial Note: Amesbury, Massachusetts that her case was more easy of cure than Mrs. Dustin's, when you must clearly remember that I said this was not the case from the beginning As Written: begining She told me that her brother's wife wanted to see my student here, has she arrived at Amesbury? I hope you are prospering in every good word and workII Thess 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. the people were stirred when I were there and then is the time for you to make your mark I think you are situated with every or most circumstances in your favor for practice and I hope you will improve them all
Richard is doing very well we have a very pleasant tenement 71 South Common St. rent 4 rooms to another family Two days since the MassachusettsAs Written:Mass regiment met on the common in front of our house and had a splendid review and collation about 7 thousand people it was estimated were present The horse cars run right by our door line from SwampscottEditorial Note: Swampscott, Massachusetts to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts
Give my love to all my friends and I must close
Nota BeneAs Written:N, B, Please forward the letter I addressed Dickey at Amesbury and the next day learned he had gone all the way to StoughtonEditorial Note: Stoughton, Massachusetts to assist me but I had got back to Lynn and he spent the night there and met me the next day to Mr. Winslow’s