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as to personal matters. All this,except 
paying out money,we can continue for the 
present until some other arrangpent is made. 
I can also,if the family cares to have me, 
succeed to my father's connection. There is 
a certain advantage in having the guardian 
in Andover,with the house here and Danvers 
accessible. I sujn>se,considering Miss 
Bombs' s age and t condition,the itousi jls not 
likely to continue long. 
1 write you,sup posing you to be one of 
the heirs; 1 am not sure o,f any other. 
I trust that neither of Tuesday's 
funerals proved to be to the detriment of 
the living—there is always danger in such 
gatherings in the cold weather. 
Yours most sincerely, 
February eleventh. 
