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                            Dear Father        Albert Lea Oct the 22
                                                   It is with pleasure that I seat myself to the pleasing task of writing to you I wrote a short time since but I thought I would write again as you did not write we are having some beautiful weather this fall it is has been very warm we have not had any snow until to day it has moved a very little but melts nearly as fast as it fall's I think Minnesotia is the place to live especially for poor folks's I think I should very contented to spend my day's hear if we had place to live by our selves we are now living with his brother we intend to go to house keeping in the spring if we can get enough to gather evry thing is very dear hear Stoves cost from $40 to $45 dol and every thing  in "unclear" provisions are very high