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winter which is now before you.

I was glad to hear that Friend Blanchard
arrived home safely & had called upon you for
no doubt you were glad to see him as he could
tell you a great many things about me which
I should never think of writing about although
they might prove interesting to you.

Mr. B. is a fine man & well worthy the friendship
of anyone. He is at all times alike but improves
on acquaintance & I hope you may see him
often & whenever you do see him, give him my
kind regards & tell him that I shall expect
to see him out here again next Spring --

I have not heard from Sam Tucker [Samuel P. Tucker] since
I last wrote you but shall probably do so in
a few days as I forwarded a package of letters
to him about a week ago No doubt he is well
& doing well & I think quite likely he will return
home in the Spring (although he never has written that
he should) for his Mother no doubt wishes him to do
so as she must feel very lonely now that J. A. & his
family have left town. Of his once large family
there are now left but Louise & Aunt Betsey to be
with her, although it is not as though they had
all come to California for she will now see
them all quite often: wheras [whereas] if they were not
here she could not expect to see them oftener than
once in two years Please write how she gets along
& give her my best respects whenever you see her