4 Portage City Feb 24th 1873 Dear uncle John it is evening and i am going to write to you it is papa birthday he is
38 years old. my birthday was the 29 of this last month I am 10 years old and Annie is 11 years old did you get any thing
on Christ- mas i got lots of things and had a nice time to. i got a pair of gloves and a lace collar and a comb and a illegible
Annie got a pair of gold earings and a silver brest pin and to a lace collars and some others little things Harrie got a book
and a little kittie and some other little things and we 00649 1 Portage City Feb 24th 1873 Dear Uncle John I am going
to write to you and I would like you to write to me Uncle John did you get any things on Christmas I got a good many things
I got a pair of gold earrings and a silver brespin and to lace colars and a nice card in my stocking and and all the famleys
went up to Grandpapas on Christmas and had a nice time and Gandpapa went down town on Christmas and got us all a present he
got Jessie and me a little doll and he gave us all a nice card he gave Hary and Willie Muir a little candies whirl he gave
Hary and Willie a card to so you see we had a nice time. Jessie's birth- day has just past and she got a nice belt and a nice
ribbon and that is just past a little while ago will you tell me if you got anything or and what you got I am taking Musick
lesson's I haven't taking 00649