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2 been there with some of the noblest of God's trees. It seemed wicked? to see them coming down the river to be sawed up
turned into money it must have gone to your heart far more after having seen them growing. I have been a long time in answering
your letter, but we have been 3 moving our house, we are living in London now, I feel so lonely there away from the trees
flowers God's works, but I shall often go down to Blisworth, if you write to me there letters will always find me, as my brother
lives there now. I wonder if you are in California now, or if you have gone off exploring