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[left hand side] greatest benefit to her. It always seems to revive her in interest and happiness, to see you, my dear Mrs Stanford, to whom she is sincerely attached. Your dinner to her must have been most beautiful. Indeed I have read all accounts with intense interest even to the detail of flowers and lovely table-cloth used. Really the accounts of the magnificent living

[right hand side] 5th Washington. I can just imagine all the applications and demands made upon your patience and time. It seems most wise that you should not have the immense receptions, after your illness, as they are really so wearying.

Mrs. Grant appreciated most deeply your kindness to her and her trip to Washington. Tom seems to have been the