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close my letter, hoping
you will open your
heart as well as your
purse and if possible
let me hear from you
before Christmas, if you
do what you can I think
you will make us the
happiest family in the
world. Wishing you a
Merry Christmas.
I am Yours Respectfully
Mrs Mary Anderson
address - Box 30, Absaroka N. D.

Absaroka N. D. Dec 14 1901
Dear Mrs Stanford
Will you please read
this letter; and forgive
me for writing thus
and ask for help, but
we are very hard up
and unless we get some
help we will have
to go from our little
home and have debt
besides; we started
farming two years ago
we bought a half section
of land on the Crop pay-
ment plan, and we would
have been allright if we