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the room. For the sake of symmetry, I place a door at 

 each end of the porch, only one of which will be an open 

 sesame, unless perchance about the time you get the "new 

 white house" done, the sovereigns should elect you jus- 

 tice of the peace, or you happen to be a doctor, or some- 

 body else, that wants a room for an office, just see how 

 conveniently you can open the blind door through a pas- 

 sage like that on the other side, into one of the front bed 

 rooms (i), 10 ft. by 12, where you could keep your offi- 

 cial dignity very snug, without disturbing the family. 



The kitchen, which should be the grand desideratum in 

 every farm house, you will perceive is so situated that 

 it has only nine feet of surface exposed to the weather, 

 which will save many a load of wood, and yet by open- 

 ing room doors, it can be well ventilated in summer. 



Until you do get the wood house built, you can use the 

 wash room in winter to keep a stock of kindling wood. 

 If you like the plan and have the means, of course it 

 will be best to build the whole at one time. But, if nec- 

 essary to build by sections, you can do as I have di- 

 rected, or you can build the front part first, or build 

 the entire centre part first, and afterwards add the dif- 

 ferent rooms that lean-to. 



My object is to accommodate the new settler and poor 

 man, with a plan by which he can get a home without 

 building himself out of a house, or getting a great shell 

 of an outside show, full of unfinished emptiness. Look 

 at the plan and see how far I have succeeded, and such 

 as it is, accept it as a Christmas present from your sick 

 friend, 



Solon Robinson. 



Indiana, Dec. 25, 1845. 



