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New Orleans Feb. 16th /64 My Dear Darling Catie I received your letter directed to me several days ago. You do not know how happy it made me to received your letter, and to know that you are learning so fast. From what your Antie tells me, you are no longer the little girl that I left, but a perfect little Lady. Dear Catie I hope that you may always merit the same praise, and that when I return home you may be just as loveable, as when I left you. I must tell you what a grand