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    "title": "Letter from Mary Jane Truman to Harry S. Truman",
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        "Hornbuckle, Myra Colgan, 1881-1975",
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    "ocrText": "Saturday July 10, 1937.\nNARA\nDear Harry :-\nWe received your letter this morning and am\nglad to know you received all of mine. I know you must be plenty\nhasy these days, will be glad when they get done with the count\nwont you? ? I suppose you have my letter in regard to See Eb,\nVinan did come as I told you he would and of conse he\nknow Su Eb had not interfered to but you know it isn't jain for\nhim to have Standard the he just wore they valid him\nH 10.50 marked rent for June 1937, I immediately went down\nto put it in. and today I received a check from Standard for\nto the station and the Evin sand they har sold 3900 gallows\nsince they took it over June 8, no I should have a check for\nthat amount because its paid from the 10th of each month. I\ntotal him the check my and give me the expect amount Bill Red\nsold to the time they took it ovn, and the amount they have\nsold sincer they took t over, and then I am giving in to su\nabout it myself and I am not going to accipt this check\nmlss there is another comes with it. you su we things I\nmight get another w I am waiting until Minday to be some\nthis is it just what Bill Reed and I do hope we can get a\nsatisfactory lease made. In. Evin said too that thom two pumps\nmg this way won't light my an account of a short some where\nso I told him to Love John Reador fix it, and then that who"
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