Betsy Mix Cowles Letter to Family Regarding Money and Teaching School

              Portsmouth April 9. 1842 
My Dear Brothers & Sisters 
Thirteen weeks from 
now; & if all things move according to [caret] present [written above line] arrangement 
I Shall be starting for home. O/ I do [underlined] hope there will 
be nothing to prevent. It is now three weeks Since I 
closed my School- & two weeks yet before I re- 
commence again.   Mr. Williams expects to commence 
Monday the 25 th. of April- & to have a term of eleven 
weeks then a vacation; wh. is the time I intend to 
go home- but "times are so hard"- that people groan 
themselves almost to death; & very possible Mr. W. 
may come up "minus" in his School on that account. 
However there can be nothing like trying. I am 
Staying at Mr. Moss. good quarters- & shall stay until 
two or three days before commencing School- then I 
am going to board at Mr. Doles- a brother of 
Greenleaf Doles.  Greenleaf is dead- & his wife 
"Salina Titcomb" is crazy; become so after her hus= 
bands death- & the children are at the Uncles- where 
I am to board.  Now I don't remember the Said 
Greenleaf- nor what he was at our house for- 
only the name, associated with I cant tell what 
an indefinite something.  Albert Howly wrote to 
me last week-I was glad enough to hear 
from him- hope to see him before he goes