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Alamance Novr 30th 1854

My Dear Sir

I have this moment received your note of yesterday's date,
& lose no time in saying that I am unable to reply definitivly to your enqui-
ry, as John is not at home at present, but at Dr. James E Williamson's, in
[??], where he has entered on the study of medicine. I will commu-
nicate your note to him without delay & learn his inclinations. I cannot
certainly anticipate them. But if they dont accord with my own, he will
no doubt reply to you affirmatively. In the course of ten or twelve days
I can inform you positively on the point.

I am, dear sir, very truly yours
Norman Ruffin