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San Francisco Jany [January] 28th 1853

My Dear Mother,

Your kind letter of the 15th
Dec. was recieved [received] in due season, & I was happy to
hear that you were all enjoying such good health
& getting along so nicely this winter. Hope you
will all continue to be blessed with health & happiness
"Heavens choicest gifts" For my part can say that
I am smart as usual, but do not think I am enjoying
myself however as I should do were I at home
but as I am not there nor cannot be at present shall
try & pass the time as pleasantly possible during
the remainder of my absence which I hope will
not be long S. P. Tucker [Samuel P. Tucker] & I room together & for the
past two weeks have done our own cooking & a part
of our washing & we find that we can get along
very well & at a cheap rate, Do not know however
how long we shall continue to live so, as we may
may make some change in our business affairs
which will make it inconvenient to live in the
present style Almost every time we sit down
to eat we cannot help laughing to think of the
difference in our manner of living at the present
time & the manner in which we were want to
live while at home & which we did not then
appreciate. How I should like a few of your nice
apples (which you wrote about.) They would relish nice