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150 West 44th St.,
New York, 
March 29 -, 1905.

Dear father -

Your astonishing letter received - and, it has made me ill.

It is cruel, unjust, untrue, and insulting. 

I am not a child - although I am your daughter - which evidently was not thought of, when you wrote.

The letter shows the peculiar influence you are under! and is not you - and of course, you are ill.

It was a great surprise to learn that mother had


you were ill in Rochester - before (I brought you away - before -) I could not get any information as to your condition - letters - nor, telegrams, either - except as it suited them - being ignored.

Probably I have been fully informed as to your condition before you went there - I have always known - but it was better. You did not know - &, it was kept from you, until a fool Dr. up there - &, again, in Syracuse, told you.

While a person's heart may be affected - it isn't wise to tell them so - as -