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                                                                                                               Birch
                                                                      1851
                                                                                         Cincinnati Feb 12th 1851

Dear Kendall

                                                  I arrived here this morning and found Mrs. Birch in good health though a little sad because I have been away so long but business compelled me to stay in Louisville. Mrs. Holdeman has been suffering with rheumatism and needed the attention of my wife & she is a first rate nurse, the rest of the family are well. I wrote to you a few days after I saw you at Mt. Washington concerning the Piano I saw Mr. Cracy immediately he told me that he had none on hand and that he would take yours at any time and sell it to the best advantage I could not tell what it ? being neither could I give him a minute description of it. I have not seen nor heard from Miss Weed since I saw you, when I saw Mr. Bukey at Louisville we had