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4 I shall be able to say that John is home on a visit - such an event would be hail- -ed with gladness but we will be patient
You were inquiring about Mr Duncan he is well, and goes about the farm as usual, and seldom leaves home. The youngest boy
does most of the work With an earnest prayer that Heavens bests blessing may ever rest down upon you I remain your affectionate
Mother 00701 1 1874 Portage Nov 21? Dear John I have received your three very interesting and welcome letters.
I am very thankful to a kind Providence that preserved you in the danger- -ous ascent of Mount Shasta and how fortunate it
was that you had got down to the timber line before that storm of wind and snow came I hope by this time you will have arrived
at Oakland in safety I have just been reading and trying to understand your piece on Post-Glacial denudation in the Overland
Monthly for Nov but I think