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March 14th, 1899.

Mr. B. Matsuki,
Kobe, Japan.

My dear Matsuki:-

Your letter from Boston and your good bye note from Vancouver were duly received and I hasten to reply at this my first opportunity. Am sorry you should have sailed from America with any feeling of regret concerning me. Of course it was perfectly natural for you to expect a farewell word at the setamer [[steamer]], but the fact is I have been so terribly driven with work during the past three months, that I have been compelled to omit, and indeed have forgotten to do a great many things that I should have done.

Since seeing you I have complete arrangements for the consolidation of nearly all of the leading car building establishments of America, which, together with my other duties has occupied more of my time and though than I supposed it would. With this explanation you will understand that my silence is attributable only to this fact.

I hope you will have a very pleasant time in Japan and that your business will prosper immensely. I wish that I would be with you but that will not be my good fortune this year. I do expect however within a very few months to be practically free of all business cares in connection with car building, and this will indeed be a great relief. 
 
I have not enjoyed as good heath during the last month as I had hoped to and my doctors are urging me to get away from all work for a fewweeks, so the latter part of April I may go to England for a

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