Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        convey the sweet inspiration conveyed
        by familiar sounds. Writing, alas!
        Eliza{,} is difficult, when compared
        with speaking. It takes nine
5      hours writing to convey the same
        as one hours of speaking would tell,
        and besides writing is one-sided
        and formal compared with free
        [and] easy speaking. But do not
10    imagine my Love that I think
        if a task to write you. {I}t is
        the greatest pleasure I know,
        and if a post left New York
        each evening you would receive
15    a letter from me daily. {A}s it
        is Eliza you will get one
        each week, and I'll write
        thee each evening and post
        as often as opportunity occurs
20    which will be oftener then
        once in each seven days,
        because love I feel an
        assurance of < epistolatory > the deep interest
   
   
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