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To
[illegible] Hope Murphy Fullerton [illegible]
[illegible] Chicago
March 21, 1859
I wrote you last fall, and
my letters being [illegible] directed
did not reach you in time. I
had to set the [illegible] from
Mr. Phoenix of [illegible]
of [illegible] your [illegible] letter
for which I am [illegible], in
which was [illegible] your
[illegible], [illegible][illegible][illegible]
some thing, very low, and
all your thing very [illegible]
the [illegible] are so bad that
I can not [illegible] set out
[illegible] now, and [illegible] it [illegible]
be too late for the [illegible]
you do not [illegible] The Price
of your Victoria [illegible]--
[illegible][illegible] you offer for
$6 per [illegible]-- [illegible][illegible][illegible]
from one to [illegible]--