Irene Dixon Bamford

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cooked & washed all the dishes Wells kindled a coal fire which brought on cheers and warms all the room and the hearts of all the family. Evenings mail, a letter from Laura Joslin, 2 from Voltie, "Herald & Star", "Whig", "Christian Guardian" War news is that the Dutch are whipping the "Dickens out of the English" good for Uncle "Paul". Beat them back old man. Dont let the Englishers enroach [sic: encrouch] into your little Republic and rob you of your country & homes and gold mines and diamonds. They already own enough of this Earths surface, much more than they can keep clean There is a darkest England as well as a darkest Africa

V 5 Equitorial Africa V 9 A thousand miles up Nile V 11 The Pioneers V 16 Looker on in London Treasure Island. Stevenson David Harum Rowing in Boston A daughter of Fife Chimmie Fadden Anne Woolson Samantha among colored folks