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March 28 /67 Very Dear friend John You are too kind to put yourself to so much pain and suffering to write to such a negligent
friend (I hardly deserve the name friend) as Mary I do deeply feel for your great trial. O that we were only where we could
do the least thing to aleviate your extreme suffering either by helping to brighten those dark tedious days, or to administer
to your wants in any other way. If Hattie was where she could read for you, While I dressed you poor eye and gave you the
medicine how glad we would be. I do sincerely hope ere this reaches you that the greater part of your pain will be gone, and
that your eye will not be nearly as bad as you think. We wont ask you to write anymore just to let us know how you are until
your eye is