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1201 Grand Avenue
July 25th 1878

My dear Alice,

Your letter was duly rec'd - I was very glad to hear from you, & quite reliev'd to find you [[underlined]] survived [[/underlined]] the [[underlined]] terrible heat [[/underlined]]

It was something [[underlined]] frightful [[/underlined]] here, for almost a week - but the last of few days, have been - simply - perfect & we trust the "heated term" is over -

And now to the [[underlined]] principal [[/underlined]] subject of your letter -

You could not have appli'd to a more [[underlined]] unsatisfactory [[/underlined]] person than myself- for I really know very little about any, except my own family - I know my Father [[was]] Peter Fletcher, &  [[as was?]] my Grandfather, but nothing farther in that direction. I know my Grandmother Fletcher & Professor Adams (of Dartmouth College) mother, & the Mother of the Boston Appletons - Nathan, [[Eb'sr]], & Sam Appleton