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Yosemite Valley Dec 19th 1872 Dear brother David I hear that your health is not good, you must take more exercise expose
yourself more to sunlight. I wish you could spend a Summer in the Sierras with me, Camping out breathing the most exhilarating
air, this would revive tone you to a pitch of wh you have no conception See that Mary has no difficulty connected with her
Studies in Madison for want of money when Anna or Jo need money