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14th John & William Keep are at work mining on the
Feather River. H. Leighton & his father I suppose are at
Auburn. John Griffin & Silas Stone are here in town as also
is J. Spaulding Elliott, Henry Bowen (Jack's son) has been
out here & have now gone home again & his brother
Sampson has come out, so you see there are quite a number
of us out here who know something about Pepperell

I was glad to hear by your letter of the 1tth April that
you had got such a nice lot of wood into the shed again
in good order for the coming year, & I hope you will
succeed as well with all your out door work throughout
the year, was also glad to hear by your last letter that you
were all well (although H. had but just got well of a severe
cold) & I hope you may all continue to enjoy good health

I believe I wrote in my last that I had miss Harriets letter
dated April 17th & I shall try & answer it by this mail --

You wrote that you received a call from Miss Jennings
& Mrs S. J. Billings --- wish they would call upon me ---

When you see them again please give them my kind
regards, & tell them I was hoping to hear that they had not
forgotten me. Remember me also to Nelly Z. who you will
remember gave me the ring about a month before I left
home, & which I have worn constantly ever since, nearly 17
months. --- You say I am dismissed which was the
first I had heard of it & the letter of dismissal you
spoke of has not as yet been recieved [received] but probably will be
soon & I shall preserve it for you. Her maneuvers are
very interesting I think, & I suppose she will soon pick up
a new beau. Hope he will be as fortunate as I was.