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Hector N.Y. Sep. 15th /69 Dear Amy [illegible] a long time since I have had a line from thee - my [illegible] frequently turn back to the pleasant hours we have spent together and I have often thought I would take the pen in hand to revive thee in my direction - but many ^+^ various have been the changes which have pass'd over my horizon since I clasped thy affectionate hand on board the Cars in Rochester. My own health has for month together [illegible] letter writing - then the habitual [illegible] to self abasement - or rather a fear of [illegible] on the time of my old friend whom I [illegible] see face to face ^many weeks^ - the new ones whom I met in my sojourn in [S.G?] besides the [various?] interruption to which I was subject have used up now [illegible] 3 years or more - [illegible] I have still the same loving heard and I think am more and more spiritualized and [illegible] the endearing ties of friendship are double [illegible]