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Hillsdale, Michigan, January [?], 1877_ My Dear Aunt Jennie:_ I have a letter commenced to you in my writing desk, but {struck through] dated December 28th, but I can't finish it for the last sentence written is only just begun and I can't think for my life what it was I was going to say! So you see I have made a new start. Whether I am able to finish ths with out interruption, I do not know now as well as you will when you receive it. The only thing of importance that I said in the unfinished sheet was that I could not tell how it happened that I had left your last letter so long un answered, and come to consider it, that was not of much importance either, for it would be hard for anyone to tell

[written across the top]: none sure [underlined], and when I do write I at least have the pleasure of expecting an an- swer, whether it comes or not. We all sympa- thize very much with Grandma, I do hope she will be more comfortable soon- Aren't you all tired of the cold weather? Michigan is the state for me! With much love to all, and expecially yours lovingly, Hattie