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2 is to me, a great treasure The portion relating to yourself and the family was read in tears and I wished with all my
heart it had not been so true; In other words that the hard things had never occurred so they would not have been there to
record. Thank you dear John for the dear book. Well, the summer is past with its heat and its many experiences and we have
moved out into this 1 Oct 7? 19 13? 622 Hawthorn ave Ginter Park, Richmond Va My dear Bro. John:- I have been
so long in thanking you for the lovely book. The Story of my boyhood and youth , that I hope you do not think I did not appreciate
it. It is a charming bit of natural history, and with the sketches of the two old houses, the one in which I was born, and
Hickory Hill, every nook and corner of which is engraven on my memory 05569