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                    <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span font-size="medium"&gt;Timberridge May 31st 1857 Dear Brother Under feelings of the deepest gratitude I avail myself this evening of the pleasure of addressing a few lines to you I received your kind letter this evening and was very glad to learn that you was all well though truly sorry to hear that Mr Harris was under the impression that I had sent him two letters for be assured by me that I never have sent him a line I thought when he was here that he was a gentleman of feeling but if he is trying to injure my reputation without the least shadow of a cause he must be one of the most unprincipled men that can be please let me know by return of mail whether Mr Harris sais I sent him the letters [or?] whether it is just an imagination off the people if he sais I did give it the lie at once pleas let me know who told you I sent them if Harris ever sais any thing to you about it ask him what reason he has to think I would send&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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                    <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span font-size="medium"&gt;him letters come up next saturday if you possibly can at which time I want you to let me know all about it I don’t want you when you come up to say any thing before the family about it as I do not want them to know any thing about it we are all [?] well at present please dont show this letter to any person I want you and Sophia to come up next Saturday and not disappoint me you must excuse this miserable [scrawl?] as I hardly know what I am about this night I never had my feeling so mortified as then they was this evening when I read your kind letter and saw I was accused with sending Mr Harris letters I want you to write to me as soon as you get my letter and let me know who it was that put the report out first that I had sent him letters I must close as it is getting late give my love to Sophia and all your fathers family and accept a large portion yourself Adieu may peace ever dwell with thee Eva M Williams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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