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written cross ways written on the short side: My dear Henry. I am about to start on a most melancholy expedition to St. Louis in the United States, from whence I have only just got the intelligence of poor Georges death. —
written on the long side: St. Louis is a long distance from New York so you must not expect to hear from me again for a few packets. — Love to all, your affectionate Arthur Augustus Ruxton