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writes & knowing how many
friends you had & how much
you were obliged to entertain
I felt that I should only be
a wet blanket in all you pleasure
& that therefore I should be
obliged to deny myself the
pleasure of coming to you as
I should so much like to
have done. Mama wishes
me to thank you for your last
letter to her & to give you her love
& to say that she hopes you &

Senator Stanford will come to New York before I
sail for England on the 23rd of next month.
She says she is afraid it is perfectly hopeless to
ask you to come here & stay with her but she
& I both hope very much that when you do
come you will keep one or two evenings free to spend
with us, as we both want so much to see you
Please remember us to Senator Stanford & with
love to yourself in which Mama joins me believing