Dear Close,
Your last letter came by Capt. Bowyer with April Abstracts ....
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your hand, you may next receive, at least for a time in any [__] you may [__] be coming [__] after the [__] will find me in a [__] of [__] [__] [__] at [__] [__] I should be sorry to see
them altho I should certainly fear them -- You will [__] this letter as a declaration of honour & of confidence
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JFW
Addressed to:
Mr. John Close
Port of Opelousas
Capt Geo. King
