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1879 Portage April 1st Dear Mary I wish to thank you for your valuable present to me. But I feel sorry to have robbed
you of one of your treasures Last week each of us, had a letter from Hamilton, your father is still quite lame but says his
health is good I am sorry we did on envelope: 4/1/79 fm Joanna her mother Mrs Willie Hand, Phillips, Price Co. Wisconsin.