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San Francisco Jany 13/50
Dear Sister
I have just returned from
taking a stroll out to the entrance from
harbour, and enjoyed the green grass
and finer ground excedingly after wading
all the week in this our excessively muddy
city, for the past three weeks. I have been
engaged in this business with my tall Irish
friend who was my fellow passenger from
new york to panama. business is pretty dull
at present which is not surprising considering
that bad roads prevent any supplies being
hauled to the mines, which of cours presents
purchases for that purchases for that purpose.
in about a month or six weeks business here
will commense in good earnest and every
thing will go it with a rush for the over
ten months buisness here is different from
about any other place there is nothing like
stability of prices every thing is either scarce
or in excess last summer pork rose from $12
to $60 in two weeks, a cautious operator who watches
the market closely can make a great deal