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illegible , against illegible ,AKB Dear Mr Muir When Genl my sister I visited Calaveras grove Genl recognized many features
of the locality, saying, Yes, I was here, and when we reached the hotel he so described the Father of the Forest to the guide
that the latter replied You have been here. Tears filled my husbands eyes he turned away, but in a few moments said to me,
let us slip off alone to that tree. without any wavering he led us to it. We were all much moved: he as the memories surging
in upon him; we in sympathy with those memories. Sincerely yours A.K.B.