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    "description": "Sending tokens of love from himself and his wife to R.C. and his \"dearest\" with \"gingerbread for the lambs,\" criticizing severely T. Palmer's sermon, transcribing news, speaking of the writer's constant visitations to the sick, and stating that Capt. Chubb is to be tried for his life, Thursday, A.M.",
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