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                 Guilford. Conn.
                   July - [[2nd?]]- Aug. 6th '84
 My dear Miss Fletcher-
               I am [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]]  glad indeed to hear from you - and I am not one which discouraged by your letter, but on the contrary very much encouraged & [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] thankful that somebody is [[underlined]] making [[/underlined]] you pay proper attention to that knee! It is excellent -admirable- all the treatment of it that you tell me of- just what ought to be done for it, & if you will only put your will into it & [[underlined]] persevere [[/underlined]]  you will have just as good a knee as ever. But look out for your general exercise and diet, so as to keep up your