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  1871 My dear walt

i write a few lines to say i received your letter yesterday and papers and the letter and graphic on saturday the pictures in the graphic is very good and very solem some of them) but the hudson river horror is awful in the extreme it is enoughf to make one shudder) i am better of my cold but are quite lame it seems as if the pain and lameness is all settled in my left knee i can walk rather better this morning but yesterday i was quite bad but i think it will be better in a day or two i have had a weakness in my right hand and wrist you can see by my writing it looks some like yours walt when your thumb was so bad how is your thumb joint is it better or dont you think about it george was home   last saturday stayed till monday the weather was so cold he dident go back till monday) we are looking for matt this week or next i hope this will find you well walter dear

O i must tell you i got a letter from Charley Heyde yesterday it certainly was the best i think he ever wrote he always when he writes to me begins with mrs whitman this was commenced with dear mother whitman he said han had two letters from walt and by what he said she was pretty well i thought to myself when i read his letter has charley heyde got relegion it was so different from his former letters probably the next will be the old stile good bie walter dear write to me as often as you can i have no reason to complain of you though

edd is quite good and helps me all he can