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Mch 7.96 SJ

Ward 3

2489 JACKSON STREET

My dear Mrs Stanford

I cannot
refrain from ex-
pressing my heart-
felt congratulations
upon the victory
you have achieved.
My heart and
wishes - have been
with you and for
you during the
great trial you
have passed
through - and I am

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delighted at the
denouement. I should
have called to see
you ere this, but
my friend, I have
been no where since
my great trouble.
Still I have thought
of you, many and
many a time, and
of the strange
fatalities - that has
befallen us both,
at so nearly the
same time - all
your friends rejoice