Volume 64: Emily Macarthur [Mrs. James Macarthur] correspondence and other papers, 1838-1879: No. 278

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with her but me & her daughter Mary, & perhaps my Mary - but really now I do not want my Mary to go there for she is apt to be depressed, & I think it would make her very unhappy, for she is very fond of her Aunt - it is very sad to have to write all this to you, but quite necessary, for any day I think she may suddenly be taken from us. She is quite prepared for her end coming soon & is happy in mind, but I do not think could stand against much pain - George says she could not. She is 
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Mr Trotter left Artie nothing when he died which has disappointed them very much, but I hardly know why he should as Johnnie is so well off & no children

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