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By Jack Joseph Smith

Thurs April 12, 73 Dear Yvonne, Hi! Well I'm still here as is probably obvious. David got the bug back today and I gave him your letter. I'm not sure when we're leaving, David took Norman's car back to Eugene & left the bug here and will be back tomorrow and so I guess I will know then. I'm coming though nevertheless! So I hope to see you & the little punkin nose kid pretty soon. I got a present for her, I'm bringing it with me. Guess what? My flowers I planted are coming up. Hooray. Also Jack's going to rototill the garden tomorrow. We've had lovely warm weather all week, but had a little rain today.

Original Scan

AI Interpretation

GPT

In a letter dated April 12, 73, the writer tells Yvonne that travel plans depend on David's return. The writer hopes to see her and a child, mentions a present, sprouting flowers and Jack's plan to rototill the garden.

This physical copy repeats the travel plans and garden news on page 010. The phrase before kid remains provisional in both scans. Its ending continues to the following page without a signature here.

Claude

A second copy of the letter on page 10, dated 'Thurs April 12, 73' to 'Dear Yvonne': David 'took Norman's car back to / Eugene', the writer hopes to see 'the little punkin', and 'Jack's / going to rototill the garden'.

The duplicate matches page 10 stroke for stroke; 'nose kid' stays provisional here too.