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with those around him. His last letter to me which I have unfortunately destroyed was written July (3) from Aunt Annies. It was beaming with joy and you would have thought I was a goddess the way he spoke about me. In the four weeks that he was out there, he didn't feel or have one inharmonious moment. He & Jefferson had a relationship that has never existed before. I am so crushed Beatrice I can hardly go on. I know how you must feel-

With much love
[[?]] [[Merleis?]]-