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01080 Lincoln Neb Oct / 89 My Dear brother John I am here at Dan s also John and Maggie, I received your letter with
very kind offer, while at Crete, and Maggie and I were so taken by surprise and so rejoiced at the thought of its being possible
to see you so soon that we did not exercise the forethought we should have done, in sending word to you at once, I did not
know what David would think about it and so wrote to him next day, thinking there would be time to communicate with you after
hearing from him, before my return ticket would be useless, I received a letter from him with full consent, so Anna started
for home, leaving here last Thursday. When John Reid came here to Lincoln he enquired what the fare would be out to Cal. and
found deleted: that the amount over whelming