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Saratoga, Sept. 11 1853
My Very Dear Sisters -
Yours of the 20., unclear was received in due time & perused & referenced with great interest & pleasure Possibly you may have thought that you were forgotten by me or that I had treated your communication with coldness & indifference - but be assured it was not from any want of interest in you, that caused this delay. Often have I spoke of you all & shall of course thought of you & wished that I could once more imprint upon you cheeks warm tokens of love & affection, but, thus it is. We are now separated by quite a distance so that instead of expressing our thoughts
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top margin: By the way I could not forget to express my gratitude to your Brother Robert, for his kindness & sympathy while here, & with it he has my best? wishes for his success and happiness, All please accept my love, Yours in haste