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          Battleford NWT
          Oct. 15th 1877

          My Dear Friend Debbie

I send a Kiss to Caddie Your very welcome
Letter of the 11th of Aug. has just
Arrived and I need not tell you
how pleased I am to have it. And
to know that one at least of my
former friends remember me.
          You say you are glad to hear that
I have not forgotten you “forgotten you”?
why how could I do that. How could
I forget those games of whist, that
candy spree, the beautiful Snow, and
poor Willie Grasse, and in remembering
them must I not remember where
and when we met for whist & candy.
No Debbie I cannot ever forget you
or your great goodness, if I did
I fear I should forget of Nova Scotia’s
existance all together.
          I expect those sisters of mine are
Young ladies now.
          So Miss Henrietta Snow is not married
Yet. And you advise me to come
Home and get her. Well the truth