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Let me hear from you as often as possible. * My wife Julia begs me to send her Love to you and say that she has never forgotten the time when you at five years of age was her companion in the City of Philadelphia. I have heard her apeak of you with affection the^? S 50 year*. May the Almighty protect you und your republican Broth^ren in your progress to that glorious Independence which is in my Mind's Bye not only Before you But very near to you. I am with great Lsteem and affection Yours most truly (^lgned) H. Meigs. Col. Stpehen F Austin (Addressed) Colonel Rtephen F Austin San Felipe te ^*stin Texas via New Orleans U