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9th
who have given the dinners
and of course being asked
had to write letters of regrets
having received in return,
menus - cards etc.

I think of this time you
are closing up your house
in Washington getting ready
to sail for Europe. I hope
you and Mrs Grant will
meet in New York. We
hear she is wonderfully
well, [?] every day

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some articles have been
written and grown, about
me, in the papers lately, until
now it is said I am a
most narrow-minded of
Catholics, and am opposed
to the broad education
of my children, etc. about
the latter, I have always
been most enthusiastic in
believing in the most
advanced methods etc
as to the religion, I 'll
have to get Bishop New-