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Portage Jany 5th 1883 Dear John Louie On New Years morning we were surprised to see David come in with two boxes from
Cal. so he unpacked our one spreading the contents all over the table and reading the labels We were much pleased to see so
many specimens of plants , trees, and flowers, so many kinds that we had not seen before We shared with David - and Katie
is quite pleased with them and will try to coax some of them to grow it was quite an undertaking to prepare and pack up, such
numbers for us Many thanks -