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July 8/97.

Dear John:
Your letter of July 2 was duly received and would have had earlier reply but for pressure of other matters. I was glad to hear from you but sorry to learn of your slow recovery. I judge from your letter however that you are now enjoying real improvement, and if this is true, you will doubtless soon be all right again. Please remember that although we are anxious to have your here we do not want you to return before it is safe to do so. Therefore we trust you will not come back until you feel sure of yourself and of your health. Your work eventually will be outlined in our last conversation. 

Joe has done been feeling very well and is now off for a month's rest. Strong is in charge of the Dep't dividing his time between the works and the office. Harry Field, the new man in the Drafting Dep't, is young but promising and Joe thinks that eventually he will make an excellent man. Beyond this there have been no changes in your field.

With personal regards, to yourself and your father's family and wishing you early and permanent improvement in health, I re-main, 

Yours truly,
Charles L. Freer.

Mr. John McEwen Ames,
521 Grand Ave.,
St. Paul, Minn.