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Chicago December 13th

Dear Madam I read in the papers
of your great wealth and your great
gifth [sic] and as my dear husband and
my self are poor and old he is { about?}
seventy five and i seventy it
{dawned, demand ?} to me and put it in my
heart to rit {sic}. Say in his name
can you or will you send us a
small sum to help us till
our father calls us home we
have rich treasures awaiting us there
and will save us but meanwhile
we have { ?} {strength ?} now of our
fully {convinced ?} this is my fathers
will - you may not fret so