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San Francisco Oct 19th 1851

Dear Sister

I Write to you now for the
ninth or tenth time without receiveing [receiving]
an answer wether [whether] it is your neglect or
miscarrige [miscarriage] in the Post Office I do not
Know. but one thing I do Know that I am
very anxious to hear from some of you
to Know wether [whether] you are dead or alive.
the only letters I have yet received were
those of last January in which you stated
that my mother had not recovered from her
severe sickness. they also stated that little
Caroline was unwell now this news I recieved received]
Eight Months ago and Since then I have received
none good or bad now with this news I leave you
judge of the uneasiness of my mind. Indeed so
anxious have I watched every mail that I
could hardly think of anything else. indeed
my business to this city at the present time
was to come home but I hate to come home
without something worth carrying so to day [today]
I have altered my mind and I shall in all
probability return to the Mines in the course
of a day or two and when you receive this
if I am not entirely forgotten I wish you
at least would write to me the first of
every month so that I may know wether [whether]