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San Francisco Aug 21st 1852

My Dear Mother, Sister & Brother,

I once more have
the pleasure of seating myself to write you a few lines &
to inform you that I still continue to enjoy good health
& I hope you are all well & happy. This is the fourth letter
I have written you since I arrived here as I have written
you by every mail Steamer one of which leaves the 1st & the
15th of each month. The first letter I wrote you I sent by
the mail of the 15th July which I hope in this you have
recieved [received] that I shall now hear from you by every mail
from the States. I begin to think you have entirely forgotten me
as I have not heard a word from any of you since I received
the letters you wrote me last May & sent by Samuel P Tucker
which to me were the greatest treat I have had since I
left my distant home -- the home of my childhood -- which
you all remember was the 25th of July last. When I read your
kind letters I felt as though I was still near my friends &
I then flattered myself with the hope that I should hear
from you by every mail that is once a fortnight. Since
that time however four mails have arrived from the
States but not a single letter have I recieved [received] from any one
of you & I think I have good reason to believe that you have
all forgotten me & that you don't care enough about me
to write & if that is the case (which I do not believe) I am going
to try & get one more letter from you in this way.
I will write you by every mail until you get tired of