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62[0?], Cor. 8th & Park St Des Moines
Jany. 20th 86

My dear Prof.

You will see by my
heading that we are in Des M.
We made our escape from the
blizzards and other unpleasant
associations to this great and
glorious city for the winter. We
– Prof. Stanton's family and mine
– concluded that as every body
else had gone from the farm
we had better do so too. Accordingly
we both [?] furnished
quarters in the city, and have
been quite sheltered during
all this terrible weather; besides
have had many valuable privileges
and social enjoyments in
the sojourn. We are warned that
only about one month remains
for this season of diversion, and
we shall have to go back to a
very disagreeable condition of
things. We have a kind of a