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A.M.</text>
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									March 4, 1904&#13;
Dear Mother and Sister,&#13;
	We got home from Richmond yesterday about 3 P.M. We did not get Tom’s card till late Tuesday eve and we did not get his letter at all so we did not know anything of his intentions to come and in his card he said he would do a </text>
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Dear Mother and Sister,&#13;
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									March 4, 1904&#13;
Dear Mother and Sister,&#13;
	We got home from Richmond yesterday about 3 P.M. We did not get Tom’s card till late Tuesday eve and we did not get his letter at all so we did not know anything of his intentions to come and in his card he said he would do a </text>
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