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fellows were indebted to you for many kindnesses, do not forget you. in margin: 322? Will you kindly tell me the year of your
first coming to the Wis. State Fair when you entered the University? Also - whether you were employed at Prairie du Chien
for a time by Norman illegible d? and later - after leaving the University went to Fort Wayne, , having been injured? thence
went to California? I am not preparing an article for publication, but I have been asked by a Ladies' Club to talk about you.
My work in the University preceded followed the years you were there. Of the old time Faculty only Dr Butler I are left, he
still as vigorous of mind as ever. The Carrs - you must know all about them The Doctor dead Mrs Carr pitifully unbalanced,
broken down by her sores? , I am told. Such is the latest news I have had from Pasadena? where I had a sister residing. Pardon
me if I am intruding, please, and count me as an old friend and well-wisher. Joseph C. Pickard