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that I received it carelessly; but Oh, Jennie! I wish you knew how much good it did me. I am so glad we have commenced keeping these journals, it gives me so much pleasure, both in reading yours and in writing my own. I hope it does you one half as much good as it does me. It is almost too dark for me to see. Good night. Thurs. 17. -- I received a dear, good letter from Anna today. I suppose it was much more welcome on account of my having been long and anxiously expecting a letter from home. I had been so foolish as to be quite uneasy about them as it had been about two weeks since I had had a letter from them before. They unclear write at least once a week, and I hardly knew what to think of their long delay. But Anna's letter quieted my sad surmisings as it told the glad tiddings that they were all well and happy. I do not think she said so, in so many words, but the tone of her letter implied as much, as I guess you would think if you read it. -- It has been quite cool today, to what it was yesterday and in consequence, I suppose, I feel better. We have some patients here now, five of which I believe I have never mentioned to you. But now while I think of it,