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  about end March 1866 My dear Walt

i thought i would write a line as i wanted to send hans letter i was very glad indeed to hear from han i was afraid she was ill or something the matter well Walt i succeded in getting the 5 dollars without any trouble whatever but i dident know nor Jeff but george said that it was all right well Walt here we all are without so much as a shanty to cover us and all the houses or the most of them for sale the most of people say that rents will come down but i gess they will be high enoughf for the most of us george is building his shop and he gets very tired he had never ought to have commenced to work at his   trade he says he had aught to have staid in the army) and if his money was not invested he would go south Jeff says he ought to have patience and wait there will be work bye and bye george says i wanted him so much to buy that lot in putman aven so i did for i thought all his money would be gone and he would have nothing to show for it i sometimes wish i was to birmingham or some other out of the way place but here i must stay on the account of edd as he must live i suppose for somebody to support mrs brown goes out house hunting but i dont nor cant if i never get one i have as much as i can doo to go up and down stairs no more

i got all the letters you have sent