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^[[ [[underlined]] Aug 2 [[/underlined]] ]] [[preprinted]] Hawthorne Inn And Its Cottages. [[boxed]] MANSE OLD HOME SEVEN GABLES PROVINCE HOUSE WAYSIDE BALDWIN COTTAGE PEABODY HALL ORCHARD COTTAGE GROVE COTTAGE CASINO [[flourish]] [[boxed]] East Gloucester, Mass., ^[[July 31st]] 189^[[8]] [[/preprinted]] Dear Miss Fletcher, I now send you a hasty line, only, to tell you that I have received your very valuable letter of the 28th and, by express, the package of slides which will be valuable additions to my illustrations. It is evident from these that the Mandan lodges, as usually made, differed from those of the Omahas in being flat on top. The Omaha roof is pointed. Do you know if they were always pointed? Of course the Mandans sometimes made pointed roofs, but the usual [[page torn]] of the [[page torn]] section was like this.