Topeka, Apr 25, 1877



My Dear Mother:



I was very glad to get your letter.  I was glad to see that you are able to write for I was afraid you

would never be able to write to me again.



I am sorry that you should continually worry about me.  I do not worry about myself not so much

perhaps as I ought.  My affairs are getting into a good shape.  I am certainly [...] thousand dollars

better off then when I left you.  While I was gone one case settled in which I get as fees six

hundred and [...] six dollars in [...] payable in one [...] and [...] with interest at 10 per cent free

[...].



Things are in a better condition in Kansas [...] a which than they have been for years.  There is a

continual stream of emmigration coming in now.  The state is filled with [...]



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