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Yosemite Valley July 10th 1884. My dear sister? Wanda, Mamma Papa got the two new letters that you wrote Mammam Papa are
very glad beacuse the letters said that you are all right not crying at all wailing like a good girl a sweet baby for mamma
papa to come home. we are coming home soon to our own sweet baby. Mamma papa got on to illegible - the? cars the poogh poogh?
or perhaps choogh choogh? pulled up to Stockton there are many mosquitoes in Stockton they stung Mamma wouldn't let her sleep,.
then we got on to the cars again another poogh poogh? or perhaps choogh choogh? pulled us to Milton. Milton is a very hot
place we were all wet with sweat. then we came out of the cars got into a big buggy six brown horses with long tails trolled
fast galloped some of the time pulled us to Copperopolis then the horses were tired the man