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letterhead York Harbor, Maine July 11. 1896 Dear Muir: Read this inclosure and send it to your wife with my compliments.
I have your kind notes, one from Hot Springs S.D. and a previous one from Portage. I am glad to hear that you were in time
for the obsequies of your mother that must have been a satisfaction we sympathized much with you in your loss. Hope you received
the valise which I sent the Saturday after your left to Portage having neglected to follow your directions to send it to Chicago
as afterward 02125