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open your eyes. As Mary and Myself possess enough between us 
to make a start, (she having upwards of $200.00 per ann.) there is 
no especial reason why we should wait. Before Mr. Emory went 
away I asked him whether he thought my prospects of an increase 
of salary were sufficiently good to warrant my taking such a step, 
and that immediately. He answered most emphatically that he 
thought they were, and advised me to do so by all means. That I 
could study much better, doing more work in the same time, and that 
it would be best on every account. So having obtained the consent 
of the Col. which arrived last Sunday, we have concluded to have it 
all over so that I may be settled before College commences. We 
will be married in the Morning, and go down to Philadelphia; after 
spending a few days there, we will go to Pottsgrove, & afterwards 
to Reading. Circumstances & the advice of friends must determine 
where we will go next. In all probability Mother will go with us, 
as you know it would be highly improper for a young gentleman & 
lady to go off alone. 
I suppose I need not ask you to come up to the wedding: as 
although it would be a great gratification to me, it would hardly 
pay the expense; everything is to be in the quietest manner, no 
bridesmaids, white bonnets, or such stuff. Nobody to be invited 
but the family, & M’Clintock to perform the ceremony. 
Can you tell me whether there is any company at Mrs. Hobart’s? 
If there is a house even moderately full, I will stay at a Hotel. Give 
my love to Aunts and tell them I hope to make them personally 
acquainted with a young lady of whom they have no doubt hearda 
good deal. 
Can you tell me whether John Townsend & his family are in 
Phila. I do net want to let any body know when we are there, but 
I want Mary to know the cleverest people of my acquaintance. I 
shall certainly try & see them if possible. I do not know where we 
will stay, at Sanderson’s or the United States probably. Write to 
me before I leave; to ensure my getting it you must do so on Wednes- 
day evening or Thursday morning. Yours affectionately 
Spencer F. Barrp. 
On a sunny morning, August 8th, at nine they were 
married by the Rev. John McClintock, Professor of 
