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  20 June 1867 My dear Walt

i received your letter yesterday with the 10 dollr and the one on friday with the 2 i shall keep the ten to move with it comes very good we shall move the last of june so walt you can send your next weeks letter the same as this and after that i will write how to direct) i am glad Walt you keep well that is the greatest blessing after all) i fell quite smart considering i have to work so very hard i feel when i lie down at night as if i should not be able to get up in the morning but when morning comes i feel better matty and sis has gone to woodbridge new jersey near perth amboy to see if she can get board i dont much expect she will get any place but would be very glad if she does she is not very well and the young ones never was half so much trouble i dont think in their lives as they are now their mother says she dont know what to doo with them matty worked on the machine and has had a bad coughf i think her working on the machine so steady hurt her i wanted her to stop but she wanted to get so much done but she is much better now only has a slight coughf) george is at work on the new main as they call it as inspector i beleive that s what they call it he stands it midling well it is standing and walking but yesterday he had to walk very far to get here he was where he couldent ride his legs troubles him some get lame he was here to breakfast this morning but   felt as if he would like to loaf and live at his ease there was no particular need as i told him of his going to work so soon but he seemed inclined to doo so i shall be glad when i get down town on his account it is so far up here he has had a wonderfull appetite after being sick but its not so good now but that is nothing strange his face dont appear to bloat any more we have letters from Jeff quite often he worries very much about matti and the children and mammy i told mat to not write every thing to worry him it would doo us no good but you know how mat is she has certainly not had a beginning of work to doo but she has felt not very well and very fretful it is amusing to see the folks wach us to see if we make any preperations to move but nary a word doo they speak i dont think they would be quite so bad if mrs beecher hadent given them directions the other day the girl went out and they tied one door with a rope and locked the other edd went down to get a pail of water but couldent get in i told him to go to the hydrant matt said he shouldent so she went down stairs and got the key i should move if the place was finished as small as it is but it has to be painted and it would be so bad but i think i would be very much better of there than here the place has had very many improvements

good bie Walter dear

i am very sorry for the Oconnors very indeed