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Mrs. Wm. A. Coupe-
Frederica
St. Simons Island
Georgia

San Francisco Cal:
March 2nd 1852
My own dearest Sister,
No words
can convey any idea of the
feeling I experienced when I
begun to read our dear mother's
letter of "Jan. 18th" in which
she told me how narrow an
escape you all had made
from death. I never felt my heart
grow sick before and God grant
I may never have the same
feelings again. I can't bear even
now to think of the danger you
were in - and of the fate that
so nearly befell you - Oh my dear
dear sister if you had been
lossed - what would have become
of me.