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  29 Aug 1865 Dear Walt

i have not gone to burlington yet but if nothing occurs i shall go next monday i have not felt able to go through the hot weather but as it is cooler now i think i can stand it i wish Walter you would write to hanna and tell her i will come on monday next if nothing prevents George thinks he will go as far as troy and then come for me when i return) which will be before very long george will go to mrs hegamens to board and edd will stay here martha has very much to doo she has been foolish enoughf to take 2 or 300 dozens of shirt fronts and she cant get them stichedstitched every girl is full of work so she and jeff has set up every night till midnight to work i think she will be perfectly satisfied when she gets this lot done to not take any more sis almost lives down here, she thinks very much of orgee as she calls her unkle george i suppose you got Jeffs letter saying about George wanting to get in the custom house he would like to get in i suppose very much he and A man by the name of smith has been talking of buying some lots and building A shop and 2 houses but he says that would not prevent him from going in the custom house if he could get the appointement   he seems to feel as if he ought to be earning something i dont ask for but very little but he would give me if i asked for it i know. but i thing he wants to doo something with what money there is) of course you know Walt i wouldent make any fuss about it he has earned it hard and it rightly belongs to him and if he can doo better with taking i would rather he would if i only had some place to live i am very tired of living here it is very disagreable in many ways Georg thinks maybee we can get some small house but rents is so very high well i gess i wont worry i dont believe i shall ever want i hope you will keep well walt i was glad to hear you boarded with mrs gracon i should think it would be much better) i have fixed up georges room and put a carpet in so he can take his friends up when he has them come) i want you Walt to send me a little change this week as you have done heretofore and when i get to hans i wish you would send me five or six dollars at different times about two dollars at a time i may want to get some little things for her i believe i have said all i want too i have heard nothing from poor Jess and as to Andrews children Jimmy brings them up here sometimes poor little objects of misery they live i give them things when they come

no more your mother LW

those criticisms on the press are all right