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Beersheba Springs

July 9, 1860

[Mrs. Kenneth Rayner]

My dear Sue,

I have just heard of the [addition?] to your family of a fair boy, & I write to congrat-ulate you on the event. I do so not as an ordinary [uncle would?] but as it is an instance of Gods good will to you and your husband of a special character and to explain to you the loss you were called on to mourn last [Jan or Jun?]