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J.M. 2. literary studies. I hope Mrs. Muir and the girls are as well as you must be. Give me some news of you. Did you
hear anything drop on the 5th of this month? We succeeded after a long and hard campaign in giving Tammany what one of Its
men would call the grand bounce, and the rebound may have extended even to San Francisco. With unabated affection, Always
sincerely yours, Mr. John Muir.