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4 I dreamed about them last night and thought they were here with us and that you were soon coming too so that you could
all go home together and I thought you were all going to stay all the Fall with us; and when I awoke I wished it might come
to pass. Walter joins me in sincere love and sympathy. Yours most affectionately Joanna 1 Port Norfolk Va Aug.
7, 1905 Dear brother John It is with a very heavy heart that I attempt to write this morning for I know that I shall not
be able to express to you what I feel for you and the girls and my words will seem, after all, like very empty 03599