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  brooklyn 186 (?) My dear Walter

i have received your good letter to day was glad to hear you had A holiday wish you could have come to Brooklyn an let us look at you and see your new suit i suppose you wear them every day or doo you keep them for sunday) i thought i would write a few lines as i had a chance to day georgey dident come home to dinner to day as he had to go to the hall and get his money i have had two letters from jeff since i wrote to you walt the first was written 26th saying matty was quite sick had been very sick by his statement had a very bad could and was taken with cramps in her stomach but the second letter announced her very much better he said he thought i would be worried and so he sent the second one Jeff is easiy excited when any thing is the matter with any of them but i think very probably Matty was quite bad the last letter she wrote to me she said she should never care to see Brooklyn   again if it wasent for me being here so she seems to like it there very much i am glad she does jeff spoke of you in his letter i was glad you had written to him he seemes to have a good deal of difficulty in his business affairs the city s ingeneer dying has appeard to turn things very much against him) i went down to the post office to get the order cashed george would have got it for me but i wanted to see the post master i went inside and saw him simonson his name is he is a very pleasant man rather elderly he said the 10 nor the 5 never came to the brooklyn post office i told him i lost 5 some time ago perhaps he wasent there at the time he said he had been there this many years i thought he came when roberts was removed but he said he had been there long time he said it made them all feel bad to have money missing that the carrier was very good had been ther a long time) Jeff wrote to me in this letter that he thinks it was taken out before it started as they arrested some of the post office officials about that time) that is about all i have ventured to go out in a long time i cant seem to get over my lameness my wrist is very little lame but my knees is so weak) i expected mrs maguire here to see something about the children but she hasent been george wright is in the insane assilum very bad

the 2 dollar was all right   i look for Ansel here this week as the grand masonic lodge meets in new york mary said he had to come as he is one of the heads of the meeting