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  annotation 1850's /annotation
  S.S. Aug. 28.

Dear Mary,

 I received your letter the 26  I was very sorry that I caused so much anxiety by delaying to acknowledge the reception of the money so long; hope the letter Mrs. S. and I wrote last week was duly received. Was glad to hear that you had been black-berrying Next year, perhaps - perhaps. - who knows? my hopes are on tip toe peering over the rail into an aparantly bright future. O, shall I ever be well? Thy will, O, my God, be done. May a hearty, Amen, echo from