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. . . not sick with rheumatism or any thing—I see the carpenters in Brooklyn are demanding $4 a day—I was thinking perhaps George & Smith would just take . . .

Write how George & Smith make out—George, how would it do for you to put up a couple of small houses, to be worth about $2000 a piece, in some good spot, outer part of the city—one of the two for us—& the other for sale—I could raise $800 cash—to leave 1200 on bond & mortgage—some such plan—you & Smith could do much of the work yourselves—I only mention it to see whether it would be practicable. Good bye, dear mother,

Walt.