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<html>Glenhope January the 23, 1863
Mr David Bucher
Well my Dear Cusin as it
has ben quite while seince
I have hurd from any of you I
thought I would rite a fiew lines
and let you no that we are all
well at present and I hope that
when these fiew lines will reach
you and find you all the same
well Cusin I supose that you have
hurd all about farthers bad misfortune
about him goin to asale some
time ago and too men had met
there that had ben fighting last
spring coming home from rafting
and the one still held an old
[grudg?] at the other and as soon as
they met there why the one that
was spiteful run the other one
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