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1 Collyer Kan Feb 3 1891. Dear Brother John I received your good comforting letter it cheered me up I have read it
again again when the dark side would come up. I thank God for such a Brother thank you Louie, all of you for your kindness
and kindly feeling toward us. it is very precious to me, but John it is natural for us all to be anxious to work our own way
in this world. though