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Status: Needs Review

Chicago Dec 31st 56

Dear folk at Home,

Frank has been
very sick, and is still badly off - though
better than yesterday - Has Inflammation
of Spleen - extending onto the peritoneum
and making a pretty hard case -

I have been with him nearly all the
time and shall till he is much better
which I hope he will be soon - At th He is
in the P. F. Office. Mariner, Charlie [Illegible]
[illegible] Chandler & I have taken care of him
manage by taking turns to keep going
pretty well - I of course have to leave
college as I stay with him all day
as well as my watch at night.

I have seen a young man who will per haps
go out as tutor - Write if anyone is
coming in Saturday that he may go out so
if [illegible] he goes - He is pretty young but a
good scholar - pretty much of a gentleman -
and comes well reccommended to Mr Wells Supt
Pub. Schools. He wanted to get a situation in the
Pub schools here which in probality cannot

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The Grove National Historic Landmark

11/28/2023 Initial review complete. CE
Action: Capitalized "spleen" in line 8 and "supt" in line 26. Changed "tonite[?]" to "Write" in line 22. Changed other [?] words to [illegible] as could not determine them either.