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You were a dear to send me the candy. It arrived last night and I fell upon it with delight. It is a grand kind to eat when one is reading in bed.
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Chicago Illinois April 26, 1874 Dear Kate I have been very negligent in not writing to you more often of late. Let me say that I am sorry that I have not written as often as I might & ought to have done. I have not been very well and I have had a very sore eye -- so that I could not see it much. Already all of the time I have some ailments to complain of, but after this I will not allow slight things to prevent me from writing to you as frequently as you desire me to write. -- on Saturday morning your last letters came to my hande. It was written on the 24th of April I notice that you are very business like in its sate.
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Transcribed by sanderson · 10 / 29 / 2026
Chicago Illinois April 26, 1874 Dear Kate I have been very negligent in not writing to you more often of late. Let me say that I am sorry that I have not written as often as I might & ought to have done. I have not been very well and I have had a very sore eye -- so that I could not see it much. Already all of the time I have some ailments to complain of, but after this I will not allow slight things to prevent me from writing to you as frequently as you desire me to write. -- on Saturday morning your last letters came to my hande. It was written on the 24th of April I notice that you are very business like in its sate.
from James Munroe letters to Kate Smith [16], 1872-1873 →
Transcribed by sanderson · 10 / 29 / 2026
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