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00908 4 My dear Far-away Brother, Did you not receive any of my last letters. I judge not , as I have rec d no answer
from you. Perhaps you did not know where to find me. If so, here I am up among the pine woods and stumps, in Phillips. Write
to me soon and I will then write you another long letter, seasoned thoroughly this time with the P illegible We were all delighted
as well as relieved to hear from you again after your long silence. Glad to know that your rather hazardous trip had proved
both a success and a pleasure to you. Your Affect. Sister Annie 1 Phillips Wis. Apr. 19. /80. My dear Brother Highland
Mary received your letter most gladly. It is so long since I had heard from you directly that I began to think that my letters
to you had been lost. It will be a happy day indeed for us when we see your dear good self coming to us and I trust that the
downright Scotch persistence and persuasion here will prevail upon you to make us quite a visitation. You ask me