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First draft of letter. In note-bock. Martinez, Feb, 27, '05. Mrs. E. Pelton Wilson, 593 Sycamore St.,L0akland . Dear
Mrs, Wilson: I was sure on my return home after a week's stay in Sacramento that you had gone away. I enjoyed reading your
long letter with its many pleasant associations of anld lang syne. I should like to see some of those early letters. If for
no other reason than for the descriptions of places they may contain, but don't think of sanding any of them. Come again and
see us as soon as you can in this fine weather, and bring them with you, so says Mrs. Muir, and so say we all. Can't you
come up next Saturday with Wanda? I suppose the best way will be to go over to S. F, and take the 7 o'olook Santa Fe train
at the Ferry. Faithfully yours, John Muir