Frederick Law Olmsted to Mary Perkins Olmsted, 8 January 1865

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To Mary Perkins Olmsted

My Dear Wife,

Stockton, Sunday night. [January 8, 1865]

We had a very comfortable passage down, only rather chilly. Staid at Roberts’s last night. Left our horses at French Camp about half past four this evening & thence came in a row boat in two hours & a half through a labarynth of lagoons in the Tule, by moonlight. The sherry served a good purpose in the boat as it grew cold, putting the boatmen & all in good humor. The white peaked Sierras were very beautiful. They are to be remembered.

I feel very well. My impression is that the Mariposa will float over this bar & that Ralston has been hasty & wrong.

Affectionately,

F.L.O.

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