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1 Portage Wis. Nov- 4 /96 My dear Sister Emma I have been thinking how lonely you must be, and am wondering if you are
feeling better and how you are all getting on. I hope that your health is improved and that the family are well. I have not
heard anything from brother Daniel for some time, he must be feeling terribly lonely too. Most people are hoping that under
the new administration the country will see better times, I hope and pray that there may be a change in that direction. You
will have fine schools in Hillsdale 2 I have know those who have attended there, is it a pretty place, and do you like
living there? Well Emma you have your children all about you, and that is a great comfort. My girls have been away from home
a great deal. I have not seen Grace for more than a year. she and Celia went to Valparaiso, to the Normal School there a year
ago just in Sept. in the spring when they left there Celia came home and Grace got a position in Chicago as Stenographer.
She has been fortunate in her position and also in having a good boarding place, she likes her work, too, and seems to be
satisfied. she does not think