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?:epter:b?r 2, 18 A - letter fron Bhieldsboro, Miss., fron Adalbert Arses to ?'rs. Blanche Butler Ayr.es in ?-'assechuse11s.
?	I shall lenve vord vith Judge Chandler to buy the Uoulsng# place If he cr?n g*t it for its encuirbranees--soiT,e
three thousnnd dollars. It vill te very cheao rronerty ot such a firure. . . (nape 20-21)
November 7, 187^ offered $3500 for Boular.ge piece vith only ?335 cash and pay interest on ?31^5 rcortgagr but lady varts rn500. (pages 55 end 67)
t arch I1*, 1375 ? Vrs. Blanche Butler Arr,es at Jackson, Hiss, to
her rcother Mrs. BenJ. P. Butler in Y.aehin^ton, D.C.
Plan for family to go to Nev Orleans for e veek ? "by th?t tiire the house at the Eay vill, I trust, te ready to receive us.
(page 98)
l-'erch 20, 1875 letter from Nev Orleans (page 100)
?	? Furniture is being sold at auction for a Song. It does not seem right to allov such opportunitier to pass. The people here are so poor they cannot buy anything that is at ell extravagant.
Verch 37, 1875 letter frop t'rs. Fenj. F. Butler tx at
v'ashingtcn,B.C. to daughter Vvs, Blanche Air.es at Tny ?t* Louis
(Page i00-101)
". ? ? By this tice you are at Eay St. T.ouis fitting up the house. . ? ? You fit up the house. I conclude, th*t Gen'l Arres ray have 0 healthy spot to flee to during the succer. I knov the difficultly there vas last year to his leaving tht state. . .
At>ril 6, 1875 1 fetter fror. Bay ?t. Louis Vrs. Arses to Mrs. Benj.
T. Butler (pages 100-101) Vol. II
v'e case over yesterday from Nev Orleans. The house is not yet ready for us, but vill be so in a day or so. I thought va could hasten the vork by being here and have it done more satisfactorily.
Cur visit in Nev Orleans vas very pleaeant, and everything vas done to rcake our stay agreeable, but I vas all the tiwe uneasy about the children, for there vas a great deal of sraallpox throughout the city, and soree cases in the neighborhood.
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Here it is very delightful. The house looks directly over the vater to '"hip Island, end the glare of the sunlight on.the vaves is softened by the trees, vhich grov to the edge of the shore.
The roo^s in the house are high studded, large, and vill look quite tasteful vhen furnished.