
I recd your letter over two weeks ago—Am glad you have a good place at
Marlton—such a spot is so much pleasanter than Phila. or Camden or any close
city—Hank I am sorry you have that trouble with your throat but I have no
doubt it will go over in time—your mother was up here yesterday—bro't me
a nice chicken—said every thing was all right with your folks home—I am
pretty much as usual again after quite a long siege—I am here in a little old
house I have bought—my room is a big one in the 2d story—get along
well enough (nothing to brag of)—there is a couple of elderly folks,
acquaintances of mine, Mr and Mrs Lay, they live in the house, & I take my meals
with them. Any how I like it all ever so much better than the Stevens Street
business—Am not doing any thing lately, & the sale of my books has been very slim for some
time—Met a lady on the ferry last week, she
came up to very pleasant & said, "Your friend Jo Allen is in Laredo, Texas,
keeping store doing well, & has a family"—
—So long, Harry dear boy—write soon, & I will the same—I send you some papers—
W W