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            My Dear husband.

                                                                                                You have often heard me express a desire to see my brother Cyrus Now he has come home and the happy greetings are over and yet the void in my heart is no nearer filled for when I think of your society every thing else is dull in comparison. Ah! too well do I remember the day that I let you go from me and what an effort it cost me to choke back the words, do not leave me, when they were in my heart, pleading for utterance. I feel very sad tonight and would give worlds for a dear embrace and a word of comfort from you. I must not indulge in such feelings but wait with patience for the happy time when we can enjoy each others society without a fear of being separated. I always write just as I feel but I do not always feel as I do tonight It is getting late and I will go to my bed to dream of you.

 

                                                            Good night my dear

                                                                                                From your devoted wife

                                                                                                                        Louisa A Reed

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