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14 questions about you, some of which I could not answer. Femine curiosity was aroused - Has he a family? Where does he
live? Is he a singer (I had read about your charming squirels etc till you fell upon Old Hundredth ) For what Magazine does
he write? Where can his book be obtained? - etc. It remains for me to hope that you will not feel that I have taken too great
liberties with your personality. It must have been in 1860 that you came to the Fair - for in 1859 I should have been busy
in the University at that time of year. When did you leave the U? Poor Mrs. Carr what do you know of her now? -- My brother
who was State Supt. of Schools, is now living in Palo Alto. I have a sister, Mrs Sanborn, living in Pasadena. My son Charles,
and attorney in Patent Cases, in Chicago, remembers you with much interest. Very cordially yours, Joseph C? Pickard
Maywood Ill 15 Feb. 1901