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annotation in another hand copied by EHE 11/27/1966 /annotation Osawatomie, May 2, 1836. Dear Father

 We received yours of Apr. 10th and 17th this week. Were very glad to hear that Robert was getting better. Hope he will continue to improve and get his health better. Hope he will continue to improve and get his health better than ever. I think it would be well worth while to try to save as many trees as you can in the way you suggest. It would be a great misfortune to lose that nice young orchard. The sap goes up into the tree from the roots in the outer wood (mainly). It passes into the leaves and is there prepared for supporting and feeding the tree as the blood that passes through the lungs for nourishing the animal body. It there returns between the bark and the wood depositing new wood, gradually losing its strength till it gets back to the root