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Letters

Remember me to your big brother Joshua. He is a nice boy and
should play with you. If you have a piggy bank, put the money in the
bank, and when you are a big boy you will find a whole lot of dollars.
A dollar is just like a cat, always making more kittens. Do not look
into or open that piggy bank. If you do, the dollar catches a cold, gets
sick, and dies. Put the bank in a drawer, cover it, and it should not
catch cold.

Your great-granddaddy,
Abraham Rothstein

June 22 62
To my dear g. grandson Jesse,

Although I do not see you often—which I would like to, we could
amuse each other—yet I do not forget your birthday, and I think of
you every day. Two extremes meet and get along better; at our ages,
yours and mine, the mind is not perturbed with senseless desires. A
little food, a rag, and a roof, and we are happy. I know how idleness
is boring, so I send you five dollars as a birthday present, to stock up
some material to occupy yourself in your id^le hours. I hope to see
you someday, or when you have a chance drop in and see me, and we
will have a jolly old time. Give my regards to older brother Joshua,
and my best regards to your father and mother.

Grandy Abe

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