4 in portage better now I begin to know the girls now and I think that is part of the reason why I like to stay in the city
the girls some times sings the illegible white an illegible and D illegible and Star Spangled banner and I think I will soon
learn to sing them. Ma Sends her love to you ans So do I. be Sure and come illegible write Soon. From your affectionate
Sister Joanna Y Muir 1 Family March 1st 1862 Dear John I hope you are well we are pretty well. I like to go to school
very well and I like to live in the city our teachers name is Miss Boothe and I think she is a good teacher she said she would
teach all who wanted to draw and Pa and Ma said I might I expect to begin next weak. Sarah and David and Anna and George came
and stayed all night and started after dinner Mary and I took Anna down town to get