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Wm. Dudley Foulke, Fouke, William Dudley
Richmond, Indiana May 3, 1901

May 3rd 1901

My dear Mrs Sewall

I am sure you knew even without my
telling you, how much I am interested in the work of the
council and of the excellent [showing?] indicated by your
memorandum. I am at present however engaged in
a pretty hard job myself, which requires not [ly?] a good
deal of time but also quite a large expenditure of money
not [ly?] the task of keeping the reform of the Civil Service
currently from slipping back, but even from remaining stationary
I am in hopes of seeing a forward movement in the
near future as the result of some very hard work we are doing now
I have spent all of last month in [?] in this week
and I feel [awash?] in view of what seems to me the
[?] influence if it, I ? dont
sell my present ? & all the money I can afford to
share, to that alone and it is with quiet regret that I
have to say I do not feel able to help you

On my return home I find Mrs. Foulke has fallen back again
in health. She has recieved your letters but is not well enough
to answer this personally at present nor to [?] the

a pretty hard job myself, which requires ? ? a good
deal of time but also ? a large exhibition of ?
manely the etask of keeping the reform of the Civil Service
not only from slipping back but even from remaining stationary
I am in hopes of seeing a forward ? in the
near future as the ? of some very hard work we are doing now
I have

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