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Fairfield Feb. 1st 1871.

My dear brother

It seems a very
long time since I wrote to
either you or Lettie, how it has
happened I do not know, except
that I gernerally have more letters
to answer than Carry & so she
has written more frequently to you.
I believe Ag & you are her
only correspondents now-a-days.
We were very glad to hear from
both you & Aggie the other day.

Though Paris has surrendered,
I think the war will continue
after the three weeks are over,
& she will be as far from getting
to Paris as ever. _ If she were