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My dear old friend As the General has the chance of sending directly and safely to you I cannot lose the opportunity of writing for myself and saying how often I have been watchful of your movements since the war began, & how glad I am that you are are not only always successful but that you are spared for renewed service.

were? the first to warn me that my oldest boy could not live. I always think of you in connection with that poor suffering baby. Grief was new to me then and I could not bear to give him up. But, that, and many another sorrow has come since you were with me at my Father's