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the warmest sympathy of my

wife and self, for we both

dearly loved you both -

   We were by your side, with

thousands of others, all through

that terrible conflict, we were

sorry for all the obloquy

heaped upon you, and rejoiced

at all your successes -

   No man could have fought

the battle you fought, without

the support of a happy home

and a brave and loving wife,

    We must be among the

very few that knew her when

a school girl - I remember her

as long ago as the early winter

of 1825, when in the deepest

trouble - I had a dearly

loved and feeble sister then