Letter. 18 May 1834. Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip to Rebecca Hiester Muhlenberg: Page #2

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it is quite warm, so much so that I have for the first time put on cotton stockings. It is however excessively dry & vegetation is backward for the place & season. If it is as dry with you grass & grain must suffer. By the way - have you got your cows in pasture? The fields above the meadow are intended for that purpose. I suppose however the grass is rather poor. But you must do as well as you can. Your garden <personName>Hen</personName> tells <add>me</add> has again suffered some depredations. I hope they are not serious & I pray you not to vex yourself about it. As soon as I get home the fence shall be compleated & then I presume there will be an end of it or if not I shall find some remedy.

If <personName>Fox</personName> calls upon you about making the meadow hay - he can have it for the same price at which he made it last year. I do not recollect the exact sum - but that is of no consequence as I believe I have it in my book - I think it was $20. I fear the grass, owing to the season, is not as good as you suppose or as usual.

By this time I suppose <personName>Hiester</personName>s office is finished & I trust he will be attentive to his studies & business if he gets any. It will come I doubt not, but slowly & gradually, & he must have patience & be very attentive to such patients as he may get even the very poorest.