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Coulterville Cal December 4th 1852

D [Dear] Wife and children, It affords me so much pleasure to
comunicate [communicate] with those that are so dear and near to me.
That I am quite impatient for the time to roll round for
me to resume my semi monthly [semi-monthly] correspondance [correspondence] -- home my
darling home and its immediate associates ocupy [occupy]
my earliest and latest thoughts -- at evening when the toil
of the day are over James and I sit down to our comfortable
fire and talk of home affairs -- When I retire to my humble though
comfortable cot -- I close my eyes with the lingering thoughts of
home, and my dependance [dependence] on Almighty God, We have reason to
be truly thankfull [thankful] that we are enjoying the blessings of health
and I am anxious for the time to roll round when I shall bid a final
adieu to Cal. I would start even sooner than february [February]
but it will be impossible to arrange affairs so that James
can have the mule, cart, tools &c and with the outfit
for carting he probably can make a fair Summers work next
Summer -- he is verry [very] ambitious to do something and appears
to feel much anxiety to have me do as well as possible before
I leave -- I most seriously regret leaving him here, but I have
no particular cause to be alarmed about his habits or his
taking good care of what he makes, but I assure you every
thing [everything] in California is quite uncertain. If James had
not come I should have started for home last fall
but it may be all for the best -- he Keeps up good Courage and
and does not feel to regret comeing [coming] -- he appears to enjoy living
in the way Californians do live, and make the best of every
thing [everything] but he undoubtedly has his thoughts of home and friends