4 Annie is enjoying her visit to California very much her health is much better and recently John has been made very happy
over the addition of another daugher to his household and now dear Daniel with much love to you and Emma and all the children
I am as ever affectionately Mother PS Have just received a letter from 'Cal containing a fig leaf and an olive branch
which I enclose to you Mother 1 Portage Feb 18th/1886 Dear Daniel Your letter of the 7th just containing so many
kind inquiries came in due time I am glad to be able to inform you that my health has been quite good this winter although
the weather has been very sever at times I walk out of doors as much as I possibly can and I am much benefited by doing
so The house we live in is a large new comfortable