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[[scrap of torn, stained paper, lost edges, with indistinct writing in every direction]] 29 M [[?Ninetieth]] to E-gu-yu-ok-yu-[[?d]]-lin 1853 12th day of Nov. 30 miles staid course [[edge cut off]] Was at here Told of the cold weather - he did not think it cold at all - if this was the ^[[kind]] weather here he could stand it 1st rate. Sidney O. turned around ^[[ for [[?]] ]] [[?]] a look at his unkle [[?yus]] Bud & Sam at once that both his ^[[ unkles]] [[?cheek]] his [[?nice]] were all frozen! as white as cotton. [[part of a cut off note in left margin]] [[?earthly]] much of en ton h had portant [[/part of a cut off note in left margin]] Kon-chil-lo-pin. How [[sideways calculation reading right to left]] 31 7 8 __ 46 [[/sideways calculation reading right to left]] [[vertical note in middle of page]] Cood-loo Shu-calle Kirth [[/vertical note in middle of page]] [[sideways calculation reading right to left]] 28 Nov 5 2 __ 7.00 31 __ 38 8 __ 46 [[/sideways calculation reading right to left]] [[vertical note in right margin]] The Fog [[?horrified]] Hannah wonepo pe-[[? - ?]][[/vertical note in right margin]] [[vertical note near right margin]] Dont drive that poor old husky on deck [[/vertical note near right margin]] [[random words]] load Load [[/random words]] [[slanted calculation]] 33 1/2 29 00 _____ 4 1/2 [[/slanted calculation]] [[vertical note running up from bottom]] This is an important day in the affairs of our Country [[upside down]] 28 Nov [[/upside down]] The new President take [[vertical note running up from bottom]] [[upside down in large script]] C F Hall [[/upside down in large script]] [[upside down near bottom of page]] An-nuth-too-ben-lin Hot-ten tot Cold-ten-tot [[/upside down near bottom of page]] [[there are fragments of other words around the edge of the sheet that are not meaningful, right to left from bottom right]] light could with Kin Char Koo- [[/there are fragments of other words around the edge of the sheet that are not meaningful, right to left from bottom right]
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Cannot tell if this sheet (25) may be the other half of page 26, would have to match torn edge and writing.