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Hon Cutt [Honcut] mountains Cal March

Dear Wife and children -- It is now quite A whole
year since I parted with you all and took
a last lingering look of my beloved home
it has been to me and to you -- a year of deep anx-
iety toil and dark forebodings -- but through
the Kindness and mercey [mercy] of Almighty God
I am enjoying the blessings of good health
and A reasonable share of prosperity. If I could
only enjoy the society of my darling Wife
and children I should be quite contented
but the thought of meeting again under cir-
-cumstances of being placed independant [independent] of
duns and demands cheers me on to improve
every day take good care of my health and
look forward to that happy day when we
may through the mercey [mercy] of God be permitted
to surround our table and family alter be patient
my dear Wife and children the time will
soon roll round. In making A calculation
of my financial affairs I realize since I
started to prepare for California about one
thousand dollars if the $640 besides
the specimens -- have been received I have Gold
on hand to make the balance of $1000 besides my
Cayotaee (mule) one third of A good horse my mining
tools provisions &c. I have provisions to last a month.