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Mound Hill January 15th 1871 Dear Uncle John As mother is writing I thought I would put in a few lines with her. I thank
you very much for that little flower I think a great deal of it because it came so far. Did you have nice time on Christmas?
I am sure I did. I got four presents in my stock- ing viz., an apron from mother, a lead pencil and penholder from Aunt Reid
and a card from Aunt Maggie Foster. At was snowing so hard on Christmas that we could not go to meeting The next day we went
to Grandpa Muir's and we had a nice time. Grandpa gave me a nice lit- tle book called Anzonetta R. Peters and Aunt Annie gave
me a picture. - School was just half out yesterday I am getting along nicely this winter Aunt Joanna makes us write 597