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San Francisco, Cal
Feb 18th, 1852

My own dearest Sister
Your loud affectionate letter of the "5th Jan" came to hand by the last mail -and of course as you will know have very very great pleasure. Oh! Tis so sweet to get your letters - and yet I know I do not deserve them - for never write you such letters as you write me. But the fact is you know my dear Sister our mother must be written to. That's a plane (sic) fact of the first class - then when I through writing to her. I have told all the bis I know - so I don't know any more