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My dear Cynthia,

It is more than a week since you left us and we have not written to you. I am sorry: but hope you have not been very uneasy. We welcomed the letter which you wrote to us from Utica with much pleasure. Your friend inquired with much interest if we had heard from Cynthia and how she was. How thankful we ought to be, dear sister, that you had such a safe and pleasant journey. We long to hear again that we may know how you were after reaching home: did you have, or must have, any [spainas?]? and did it take you long to get feeling as well as you did before you left?We have been getting along well since you left; that is my opinion. Last Wed., I think it was, I felt pretty keen and you can imagine something of

an with any [paplem?] shirt. ant the little blue blouse the [Glech?]sent me. It looks well. I think I shall be able to wear it a good deal. I have not finished my white skirt yet, but Mary and I (I and Belsey) have sewed some on it. Now, Sis, did you feel as if we had had quite[holts?]. Tell Lewis he may write to me in answer to your letter, if he pleases. Tell Anna it would so very heal and my physical symptoms throughout good to get a letter from her own dear self. I wish Father and Mother could see me today I guess they would think that they had not [learnt?] one daughter that was going