
i have receeved your letter to
day all safe with the envelopes and all right
i had Mr Burroughs and his friend
to see me
yesterday tuesday they got in yesterday morning
and was going to leave at 4 ocl in the afternoon
they were here about an hour i think i should
like burrouhs very much and the man with
him too was very friendly it dident put
me aback in the least things were in
order and i happened to have on a clean
cap they thought the house very good and
your portrait attracted theer special
attention i asked them to stay and have dinner
but they declined said they could not as they
had to go somewher i beleive & i was glad to hear
you had been there last sunday and took
breakfast) it has been very hot here and so
much cloudy unwholsome weather i have felt
quite bad some part of the time worst i
would feel would be in the morning when
i first got up i would feel so exausted
as if i never could doo any thing but when i
got some coffee i would feel better
but these two or three mornings back i have
felt better) george has not been home since i
wrote last to you he dident know but they would
send for him to inspect here but i suppose
they haveent he says he has to work real hard
out there so many pipe to handle but he feels
pretty well has a good appetite he says he has
the rheumatis in his legs and hip i dont think
its the rheumatis at all i think its the affects
of his fever when he was a prisoner in the war
well walt i have had a letter from
matty the other day they seem to be all getting
along finely matty sent me two 25 cent bills
quite a lift wasent it walt well walt i dont want
to complain of any body but i doo think sometimes
they might send me a few dollars but to send
50 cents i thought it rather small when i think
of what i have done for them i dont think
i would be indebted if they was to
send me considerable) Jeff sent a letter to
George after he left for camden wanted an
immediate answer) now walt i will tell you
all about the affairs between george and jeff
i think you will understand it in the first place
jeff let george have 500 dollars
george gave him a note
forit and then he let him have 500 hund more he gave him
a note for that that made 1000 dollars one was given
last august and the other last september and when
matt was on here
george lent her 50 dollars she told
jeff to pay george but he dident so george thought
it could go to pay the interest of the notes or toward
it) when jeff was on i said to him couldent he
let george have what money he would want to
build with and take a mortgage on this house i
thought it would be an advantage to jeff as well
as george so he asked george how much he would
want and george told him three thousand dollars
jeff said he would let him know when he went
back and george said when the other house was
sold he would pay off the two notes and only
have the three thousand stand well jeff sent
drafts at different times till he had sent it all
but 600 dollars
that was to make out the mortgage
you see walt and then he stopped dident send
any more finally the mortgage was made out
and executed and left at the recorders office
and six hundred wasent received so when george
was home he said that six hundred he should
keep to pay you
and when the house was sold
he should have some coming and would make
up enoughf to pay off the notes to jeff) well this
letter to george was to see if george couldent pay
the notes off as jeffy wanted to go into some speclulation
in an iron furnace manufactory but he said for
george to not sell the house by any means
so i wrote a letter to him that george was away
and would be home in 2 weeks and that he
had transfered the 1000 dollar mortgage on the
steers property to the mason that done the work) jeff
wrote to know if george held that mortgage yet
so i dont know how it go)
if you cant understand
walter dear you must read it over two or three
times) when matt wrote to me she generally
asks how walt is and they would like to have
you come on there well i dare say they would
well i said in my letter to matt walt seems
quite well now and the same good old standby
sends edd and me our daily substance i
thought afterwards maybe they would think
it was a hint to them but i thought i dident care
good bie Walter it will bring it near september
if you dont come till two months well
come when you will we
will be glad to see you and
you will be welcome walter
dear