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My Dear Son Ernest
I shall be seventy years
old next Monday June 15th.
The three score years and
10 that the Bible [ ?]
us as a full life on this
planet. It has been a
very blessed and happy
life full of beauty and
joy and usefulness.
Honored by many of
the great souls, beloved
by noble friends, I have
had every thing I asked for
in this life; love and joy
loyalty success and under-
standing. Provision for
my bodily needs from a