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1. in margin: 673 00827 920 Valencia St. San Francisco, Jan 28th 1879. Dear friends, The vast soul stirring
work of flitting is at length done, well done. Myself, wooden clock, notebook, are once more planted for the winter out here
on the outermost ragged edge of this howling metropolis of dwelling illegible . And now, Well what now? Nothing but work,
book making, brick making the transformation of raw bush sugar mountain meal into magazine cookies snaps. And though the spectacled
critics who Ken everything in wise ignorance say well done sir well done I always feel that there is something not quite honorable
in thus dealing with God s wild gold the sugar meal I mean.