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Denbigh 27th Oct 1860

My dear Brother & Sister   When I received your letter page torn 4th August I did not intend leaving page torn a time elapse without adknowledge torn it  The Cenhadwr for this month again torn unded? me I wish we could manage to keep up a more regular correspondence  - it would bring us into a closer contact with each other, and also keep our young generation from being entirely estranged  Will you offer my congratulations to your Son Lewis and his wife on the birth of their daughter  I hope she may be spared to be a great comfort to them. I was sorry to find in the Cenhadwr that they are suffering so much at Kansas from the effect of drought, that and the unsettled state of the country must make you very