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 Posted: Wed Jan 10th, 2007 03:14 am
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Johan Steele
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 The original is in the Goodhue County Hstorical Society; the man wrote home to his wife on an at least weekly bassis... unfortunately this was the only one I was able to transcribe... they were not properly stored and thus have deteriated horribly and are barely readable.

The current staff are a godsend doing what they can to preserve... but they are trying to repair generations of neglect... such letters are priceless and disapeared far too easily when tossed in a cardboard box and stored in an attic or basement for generations.

I love the fact that this man was buying things for his wife and was so consistant in thinking about her.  The kind of man women, I think, like to love.