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Saint Louis May 8th 1851 [Written in pencil] (Should be 1852)

Dear Sister

I have got this far on my journey without
any accident and very little delay I arrived in Buffalo
on friday [Friday] the thirtieth of April where I stayed all day
and had plenty of time to look around to see the City.
Business at the present time there is very Brisk there.
in the afternoon I engaged a passage on the Baltic for
Toledo for which place we sailed at Eight in the evening.
at Daylight on Saturday the first of may [May] we arrived at
the town of Erie where we lay two hours. we touched
at Snadusky Cleveland a [at] seven in the evening touched at Sandusky
at Eight o clock [o'clock] on the morning of the second and arrived
at Toledo at ten o clock [o'clock]. here we were to have taken
the Cars but the track had been washed away with
the late rains so we had to go to Munroe where
we landed at three in the afternoon. we stayed in
Munroe all night an [and] got on board the cars for
Michigan Sapos La Porte in Indiana Stopping at
all the principal places the names of Which you
will see by refferring [referring] to the little Guide book you
have. we got to Laporte [La Porte] a Six in the evening
and stayed until the next evening at the same
hour when we took the stage for Michigan City.
got there at Eleven o clock [o'clock] and found the cars
ready to take us to Chicago where we arrived
at two o Clock [o'clock] on the morning of the here

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