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3 ^[[3/6424]] [[round, blue ink stamp]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. AUG 10 1865 [[/round, blue ink stamp]] something [[underlined]] big [[/underlined]] and the harder it seems the more I wont give up. If I have hard work this winter I console myself with the thot of the good time coming for Natural History next summer. I dont know but after all the situation is as good now as it was before I left the Atlantic States. I'll write more before reaching Victoria This is the first time [[strikethrough]] if [[/strikethrough]] Ive written to anyone since I wrote you last. - [[line]] Oh I'd almost forgotten. - what do you think of a Russian Alliance? For particulars ask my sister Alice - I may add myself that the Russian consul here - Capt Klinkofström has a charming daughter - ycleped Olga. I think but for Miss Olga I would be
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- ycleped is alt spelling of yclept = called