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trusting you can lend me money or borrow some for me. Will that be safe? I hope you can send me enough to pay for the horse, before time promised it. I bought her of an Indian quaker, who has settled about 2 or 3 miles from us a relative of our quaker neighbors of whom we wrote last fall.

 Our Legislature has met, and so as we heard of unclearterference. Gov. Reeder and Col. Lane have been chosen U.S. Senators to represent us unclear admitted as a state. But I suppose there is no hope of such admission at this session. Banks' election as speaker was very cheering news to the settlers here. I hope it may soon unclear followed by Reeder's admission to unclear  unclear unclear to us as much good as the President's calamitous message did (or was calculated to do) harm. The Herald of Freedom of Lawrence says the border papers have less of the blood and murder tone since those documents came out unclear  before. They hope Frank Pierce will do their work of unclear out "freedom for them. Perhaps unclear   With Pierce & unclear for antagonists, it seems as if the Republicans must sweep the Free States. The future of this territory depends entirely upon the free states. Will they feeling for Kansas and freedom continue or will the Free States be diverted by an excitement about such a shadowy chimera as a war with England about Musquito king protectorates &c., &c. 
 Indications lead us to expect a large Western and some Eastern emigration this spring. They say Dr. Bushnell is coming. I hope he will. Such men are needed here. Much love  John

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