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have the benefits of [[strikethrough]] their [[/strikethrough]] your excellent counsel.
Permit me ask are you the son of the noble old John Brown - If so I would regoice still more to see you for I and the old man were warm intimate friends,
At any rate sir your presence here to aid me, in obtaining full facilities for the school - will receive our united thanks
Very Respectfully
[[strikethrough]] You [[/strikethrough]] Your
James. N. Gloucester
Box 256
Petersburg va