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                                                    Fair holme?
                                                    Oct 16th 1876

My dear Sister

  I was grieved to find in the  [[  ]] that you have again been called to  [[  ]] through the deep waters of affliction, such a long & severe illness as dear Cynthia had

to suffer, [[ ]] have fallen heavily on your all, and then to be depressed of your [[ ]] daughter so soon after her father.