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  From Burlington 27 Sept. 1865 My dear Walt

i received your letter Yesterday all right the 26th i dident expect to get one so early in the week but i was very glad hanna and i went out yesterday for the first she walked better than i could i got some flannel and a pair of woolen stockings the weather gets cold quicker here than in the city but it is very pleasant to day i have had one letter from Matty and one from Jeffy none from mr george i suppose he is very busy they appear to want me to come home i feel a little worried sometime for fear matty has more to doo in edds being there she says he is a very good boy minds every thing she says i hope it will doo him good my being away she said davis had been there and stayed all night slept in georges bed i suppose george has to pay pretty high for his board he has the back parler to mrs hagemans i suppose i shall get away some time or other i dont think i can stay a very great while longer han says you must come while i am here and bring all your shirts and she s fix them cant you come without going to new york Walt cant you come to albany and thence to burlington i should like for you   to see that place across the lake about the ground mr wells the man that his family lives there says there was ground enoughf to raise all any one would want too and very good the house is low ceiling and consists of hall and parlor dining room kichen and bedroom and woodshed on the lower floor with 2 rooms up above it is without blinds he said provitions is very cheap milk 4ct quart there is i beleive a summer boarding house there cheifly i beleive for invalids it is a mile and half from keesville which is all kinds of stores and things i suppose i shouldent mind staying there summers it is 3 miles by stage after you land to port kent this boat from in sight of here goes the sherman and the new york line stops at the same point just below here all along the side of the lake is what they call pioneers shops i should think there was 500 they make every thing and they are packed and sent away off to pheladelphia and i dont know where in barges i beleive they call them with a steamer to tow them there is very many men i see going down to work with souldier cloths on blue trousers) you must write walt if you think you can come before i go home han sends her best love to you i feel midling well sometimes i am very lame

good bie LW  

han says if you cant come while i am here to come afterward