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My dear old friend As the General has no 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 you movements since the war began, & how glad I am that you are not only always successful but that you are spared for unclear service

unclear the first to warm more that my oldest boy could not live. I always think of you in connection with that your suffering baby. Grief was new to me and I could not hear unclear him up. But, that, and many another sorrow has come with me at my Father's