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Ithaca Dec 30th 01

Mrs Stanford

You may think it strange of receiving a letter from a stranger but sickness compels me to ask a favor from one who can lend a helping hand to those in nead. Once I was a healthy man and worked to save and got a good start but was stricken with neuraliga of the face and head comonley caled [Tic douloureux]. I hav had 6 operations in my head face and toung by the best nerve Dr in the [world] Dr Weir S. Mitchel of Philadelphia Pa. I hav not been abel to earn any thing in over eight years as I [dare ?] not get out in the air or walk to far the nerves