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Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.

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Dear All, Your long expected communications came this afternoon and you can scarcely conceive how pleasant the perusal of them was and as an evidence I have taken my pen altho I am very nearly sick with a severe headache I have been quite suffering with aches and pains for some time have had several treatments by Dr F...? and have felt ??? better if it were more easy I would like further treatment but there are so many things in the way He seems to have considerable to do I saw Mrs Plum there twice she was surprised to learn you [illegible] recently been in NY withou^t^ seeing any of them So we conclude you failed in seeing A F Davis and wife Joseph and self went to NY on ?? day morning to be at the ??? next day Sam and girls were coming on ???-day but a severe sotmg in the morning prevented ??? came on ??? ??? I was very sorry ^they did not^as George Truman Sam Live and John Cornell were in attendance SL is not a favourite but many thought him very excellent and the others were so altogether we had a satisfactory time 5th day evening ??? our quarterly freedmen meeting heard the reports and minutes of the ??? ??? also the report of this ???who had been on a visit to the Government ??? and ???? adjacent Colonel O Brient had recently been in NY and much of ??? ??? to the ??? ??? ???? their great desire to educate themselves and their capacity to do it was enforced by striking instances ??? had come under his personal knowledge on the side: The weather has been cold but??? and ??? excellent ??? today cloudy and this eve it is stormy a little We have only seen S Posts wife at S ??? the evening of the company ??? ???? easy to get acquainted with and hope it may be a pleasant connection ??? he is 15 years younger than S I ??? know if we ??? find a chance to send this ??? or not Have been to EW they ??? talk of ??? or refrain ??? Have not seen E Mott since you were here farewell many

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