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4 John and I with little May? spent Thanksgiving with illegible and family we had a pleasant time We expect them to be with
us christmas. O John wont you and your beloved come too I wish you could see my Chinese primroses. John you are such a lover
of flowers they are blooming nicely I have the spoted and fung illegible . White and several other colors of pink and purple
I have a nice Calla Lilly and some others, but I lost a good many of my plants by moving so lat in the season. but I must
close hoping to hear from you very soon. John and the children join me in kind love to yourself and wife Sister Maggie
What are you busy with now 1 Crete Neb Dec 13th 1880 Dear brother John I hope you and your dear wife are well. I wish
I had an oppertunity to get acquainted with my new sister. O John I want to see you so much when do you think you can come
now. I do hope you will not put it off again. of course we do not know of all you have to keep you in Cal. but we wish you
could put everything one side for a while and Come It? is now over a month since we left Mother Brother, Sisters and our many
friends for this, still more western state. of course it seems rather