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(4) I will have something better to write to you before long. I hear that Brother Dan is visiting the folks in Portage Wis.
With love to all Yours affectionately Maggie 01332 (1) Collyer, Kansas. Jan 15th 1889 Dear Brother John We
received your kind cheering letter of Dec 24. for which we thank you more than I can tell you have no doubt heard from John
since that he says to tell you that the mortgage has been sent to Wis for Sara to sign he will send it as soon as it comes.
I have been try-ing to be hopeful trust-ful but oh John we are now well nigh discouraged perhaps you know that the horses
are mortgaged to the Bankers for more than they are worth to make them