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1 embossed image on letterhead Martinez, Cal. August 28, 1885. Dear John, Your first letter from Yellowstone Park
reached me the day before yesterday, and I have felt much comforted ever since, thinking of your being so much stronger, and
that you are at last cmaping out on the mountains. O, if only you could feel unhurried, and able to rest with no thought of
the morrow, next week or next month, nor of any vineyards and Chinamen Since reading about the Eastern frost and snow and
a general coolness even down to the land of Penn. I worry no more about Wisconsin sunstrokes: and 3 Love from us all
to your dear mother and sisters, and all the little ones. The spray of illegible bears baby's kisses and many more loving
thoughts than you dream of, dear Papa. She says to ask for a bonnie letter all to baby's own little self: God bless you, and
bring you safely home to your faithful wife. and loving baby. 01184