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GOVERNOR AND h'1". ADELBERT AHEG HCUEE HUNTING IN BAY ST. LOUIS February ? 1871*-
(Letter from Mrs. Blanche Butler Ames t* tacr at Governor*e Mansion, Jackson, Hiss., to her mother ? Mrs. Benjar.lr. F. Butler)	t
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Fitiwjr 23, 1871*
V<n Orinens Visit Curing Verdi f.ras
v,?e returned last night frotr. Nev Orleans after a visit of eight days. It vas very pleasnt?but after all ve vere glad to get tack to Jackson. Ve had evory care and attention and all kinds of good things to eat. I had a little shopping to do, and va? quite busy all of the time.
Bay St. Touls Described
Monday ve (that is Capt. and Mrs. Area (parents of Adelbert), G2n*l Anes and I) vent over to Bay St. Louis to look at houses and land.
It is a very pretty plnce, extending sonsg six niles along the coast,?the houses on one side of the road, the ocean vashing the other.
It is sandy pine country, exceedingly iry and cleanly.
The orange trees vere full of fruit?sour, I sunpose, but very pretty to look at. The peach trees in bloom, and the at'roE'ohere baltry and soring-like.
I think it quite likely Capt. Ace? (originally from T'eine but in flour milling business In Northfield, Minn., and loua now) vill aid Gen*l toes in the purchase of a place, and com? dovn for three or four vinter months to occupy it.
(copied by M. Janes Stevens from
"CHRONICLES FKCK THE NINETEENTH CENTURY:
Far-.ily letters of Blanche Butler and Adelbert Anas
?	rrmrried July 21, 1870. Coraoiled by Blanche Butler Anes, 1935 Vol. I 1361-187U - Privately Printed 1957 P^ge 6j>6)
March 7, 187*+ letter frcra Washington, D.C., Mrs. Benj. 17. Butler to daughter Blanche (P*Se b57-8)
... Your letter cane yesterday sorning. I aw relieved that you have no thought of living at Bay St. Louis. Pleassnt of course
?	vL**16 vlr**er, fcut you have n6 occasion for it then. Deadly in
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