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and of work, that you have had little time for any thing else. But I hope that the time has come, when you will permit your friends to share your sorrow, and feel interested in your work. God grant you strength and courage to carry [inserted]out[/inserted] to completion the plans and hopes which are so dear to you, and and were, and are, a part of the life of your dear Husband, and yourself.

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I think you have probably heard from Anna that Mr. Dawes is at present in the Indian Territory, as the head of a Commission to treat with the Indians, and that she has accompanied him there. They went about the first of January, and will be away for some weeks more. Mr. Dawes was not very well when he went away from the effects of the Grip, but I hear that the milder climate has been very good for him.
My [unclear][Lou or son?][/unclear] and I, are living very quietly at home, and enjoying the rest; though