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Thanks for attention to State Bank and other business matters for me.  Owing to your goodness in all such things I feel absolutely relieved from all care in business ways.  

As to Pressed Steel, I will be under renewed obligations if you will handle the sale thereof in your own good way.  Your communication to Bixby was very wise and thoughtful.

Give Potter my most sympathetic condolence and tell him I will write him in a few days.  How dreadful his loss!  and how crushing it must all be to poor Mrs Potter.
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The constant charm of the first seven weeks of my wanderings have received a shocking check!  As for my recent letter Mr Whistlers attack of illness while en route here, was very severe.  His case has I fear become hopeless.  This is the ninth day and he is now very low.  His heart is extremely bad.  his stomach fearfully weak and his lungs badly effected.  The doctor (a great comfort and skillful physician) still encourages us to hope for Mr W. recovery but I at last see no evidence upon which to build up hope unless it be the superb fight the sick one himself is making.  We sent to London recently for another sister-in-law of his, Mrs Wibley, a