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Buffalo 28th Dec 1856 Sunday

Brother Nelson

It is sometime since I have had the pleasure of recieving a letter from you or of hearing from you in fact, so I though to write to you again

I hardly know how to begin as we agree upon no point hardly if I except politics and if I mistake not we both went for Freemont if so we are perfectly agreed upon that point & so let us stick a pin there, we did not elect our man yet we made a good demonstration which will have a good effect no doubt