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3 affair somehow. I expected a letter from Wanda or Helen or some of you ere this. a note came from Maggie this morning
perhaps I may get a letter this afternoon. When Dan comes Mother will have six of her eight children with her. How Wanda Helen
would enjoy the Joanna children Helen Hand. the birds that throng the mulberry tree at the corner of the house. Love to you
all (Dont let my notes burn) John Muir 2 to go on to Cambridge. I mean to start tomorrow if Mother is as well hopeful
as she is today. I fear I may not have money enough on account of unlooked for expenses, so you had better send 100.00 to
Sarah with which to pay the return railway fares of Dan, Mary her Helen. a little more for Joanna who is sadly discouraged.
Get a Wells Fargo note from Sherman, payable to Mrs David Galloway Portage, Wisconsin This also is the P O address I feel
fairly well considering the care Ive had hope to get through the Harvard