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I saw James K. Bolles yesterday. He
has shipped again in the same vessel
he was in last summer, and has made
up his mind to go to China again and
from there home. -- Thinks he will be at
home, in about eight months. He
sailed yesterday in the Bark "Samuel
Merritt" was well and in good spirits.

I received last week a letter from
John H. Griffin -- He, Sam Tucker, Chas.
Wright [Charles Wright], and others of my friends in the
vicinity of Columbia are all well.

They are all engaged in mining, but
I guess are not making as much as they
were a few months ago on account of
the scarcity of water. It has rained
however, considerably the past week, and
I think they will do well throughout the
winter. They would be glad to have me
make them a visit, and I should be
very glad to do so if I felt as though
I could leave here, as well as not.

I shall try and go up there I think in
the Spring, before Mr Noyes [Ephraim Noyes] leaves here
for home, unless some of them should
come down here, in the course of the
winter. They write that they have a large log
cabin and a plenty to eat --

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Tuesday Eve Dec 4th Am quite well this evening -- Hope you are well
also. I have no news to write --