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Then to be sung to sleep at night by
the roaring river. and the stars looking
down on you. every one of which i can
see through the roof of my cabin.

i guess you think i have wrote
enough about miners and i think so too.

i should send you some money
but the express here is composed of broken down
bankers. who i would rather give five
dollars to than trust with $ one.

i will give you prices current
flour is $11 per 100 lbs [pounds] fresh beef 20 25 cts [cents]
pork 35 potatoes $3 per bushel.

i think you both improve in writeing [writing]
and with alittle a little more practice
you would excell [excel] my best

i should like to hear wat what is going
on in the neighborhood and as you write
so seldom use a little larger paper and
dont [dom't] omit so many lines

i always send your letters to Martin

i shall have to use your excuse of
i cant think of any thing more