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Lewiston Maine Dec the 28 - 1857
Lewiston Maine Dec the 28 - 1857
My Dear Cynthia.
My Dear Cynthia.
Nearly twenty months has lapsed since your last communication was duely received - not a week has passed since, but what I have thought of that smiling face of youres - and designed to make a reply. Procrastination is not a characteristic of mine onely through necessity, and under such circumstances you must pardon me for my [[ unclear]]-and [[take?]] the will for the deed. Now how I wish I could exchange this pen ink and paper for a week by your side, and tell you a thousand and one things that I cannot write. I hardly know where to commence to tell you anything. I have not heard from any of our old friends which were assembled on [[unclear]] for a long time except Mrs Manning Mrs Kellogg and Miss [[Suffork?]]-Mrs Manning wrote she had improved verry much in health-worked [[comfortably?]]-and walked a great deal and as far as her own personal self was concerned [[unclear]] well satisfied-but was laboring under great mental anguish about that Brother of hers that used to visit her while at the Mansion House-being[[insane?]] and in the [[unclear]] in Asylum-I pity her verry much she feels so bad. Mrs Kellogg is feeble yet though she is better in some respects.   She
Nearly twenty months has lapsed since your last communication was duely received - not a week has passed since, but what I have thought of that smiling face of youres - and designed to make a reply. Procrastination is not a characteristic of mine onely through necessity, and under such circumstances you must pardon me for my hijinks - and take the will for the deed. Now how I wish I could exchange this pen ink and paper for a seat by your side, and tell you a thousand and one things that I cannot write. I hardly know where to commence to tell you anything. I have not heard from any of our old friends which were assembled on Saratoga for a long time except Mrs Manning Mrs Kellogg and Miss Safford - Mrs Manning wrote she had improved verry much in health - worked considerable - and walked a great deal and as far as her own personal self was concerned seamed well satisfied - but was laboring under great mental anguish about that Brother of hers that used to visit her while at the Mansion House - being insane and in the Brattleboro [[unclear]] Asylum - I pity her verry much she feels so bad. Mrs Kellogg is feeble yet though she is better in some respects. She

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Lewiston Maine Dec the 28 - 1857 My Dear Cynthia. Nearly twenty months has lapsed since your last communication was duely received - not a week has passed since, but what I have thought of that smiling face of youres - and designed to make a reply. Procrastination is not a characteristic of mine onely through necessity, and under such circumstances you must pardon me for my hijinks - and take the will for the deed. Now how I wish I could exchange this pen ink and paper for a seat by your side, and tell you a thousand and one things that I cannot write. I hardly know where to commence to tell you anything. I have not heard from any of our old friends which were assembled on Saratoga for a long time except Mrs Manning Mrs Kellogg and Miss Safford - Mrs Manning wrote she had improved verry much in health - worked considerable - and walked a great deal and as far as her own personal self was concerned seamed well satisfied - but was laboring under great mental anguish about that Brother of hers that used to visit her while at the Mansion House - being insane and in the Brattleboro unclear Asylum - I pity her verry much she feels so bad. Mrs Kellogg is feeble yet though she is better in some respects. She