Respected Father & Mother & Sister⁵
I once more inform you
of our health which is first best
& trust yours the same I received
A letter from you 5 or 6 weeks ago
Uncle Samuel got here A weak
ago to night & staid till wednesday
moring he then went to Boston
we some expect him back to night
to go to the the lecture .
we had A fist rate time when he
was here & he was vary much taken
up with some of ours pretty girls
he is quite A boy yet for the 
girls I talk of going out west
next fall to see the Country
but havent fully Concluded yet
I have lots to write but dont 
seem to have much time my time
is all taken up in enjoyment or
employment, & A Dreaming & Sleeping

finish foce soon enjoy life while you can

  ^{1This letter is part of the Abbott Brothers Collection at Philadelphia 
     College in Pennsylvania.  Transcribed by the University of Massachusetts 
     Lowell, Center for Lowell History.
  2Varnum Abbott b: 1834, Glover, VT; parents: Margaret H. King and Jonas 
    Varnum Abbott; stepfather: Cephas Clark; employed 1852-1854: Lowell, 
     Massachusetts.
  3Parents – Margaret and Cephas Clark, Glover, VT.
  4Lowell, Massachusetts.
  5Sister - Dorothy “Dolly” M. Abbott b: 1840, VT, parents: Margaret H. 
    King and Jonas Varnum Abbott; stepfather: Cephas Clark.}
 
  
 
 
Dolly I think you had better
go to school this fall
write next time whether you are A
going or not I wish I was A
going  & I think I shall got to
writing school

Farther I supose you will think
you got A long haying uncle said
you was smart & every thing
looked nice

Mother I supose you will think
That I might wrote more wal I
Might if I had let it alone
till Sunday I write this at
dinner time & it is time for
Me to go to work so good by

Jonas⁶ is well & doing well he has
ben telling about writing but I
Guess he haint my best respects
            To Betsy & Abby

Mr. & Mrs. Cephas Clark your humble servant
            Varnum Abbott

The rest next time
Write Soon

  ^{6Brother - Jonas Abbott b: 1836, Glover, VT; parents: Margaret H. 
    King and Jonas Varnum Abbott; stepfather: Cephas Clark; employed 
    1852-1854: Lowell, Massachusetts.}