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01115 Crete Neb. Nov. 15 83 Dear Brother John: - Your two kind letters to Maggie and me were rec d, and I hasten to
acknowledge you exceedingly kind invitation to me. How I wish it were in my power to respond in person immediately, for I
long to see you again and to make the acquaintance of your wife and baby but for the present I am utterly incapable of undertaking
the journey I have as yet barely recovered from the journey from Wis. to this place, which was just a month ago Dan has