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well Walt i have got your letter to day again the old letter man seemes very accommadating lately waits till he sees us come so the letters will be safely delivered i have been quite sick since george went away i dont think i ever had such a bad coughf before i dont know how i should have got the meals if he had been home my coughf is somewhat better to day i have had mustard plasters acrost my chest and i think it has done me good i feel the soreness of the mustard but the soreness and distress in my side is much better) last winter for all it was so very cold on the park i had to cover up my head to keep my ears from freezing i never had even a slight attack i had a letter from george) saying he arrived safe and was staying at present at the hotel but had been to phelidelphe and met one of his old army friends and went with him to try to get board at the same place with him but they were   full of boarders so he hired a room in a private house for 3 dollar a week and has to get his meals as they dident furnish meals this is in phelidelphee they charged him 12 dollars per week at the hotel in camden and not extra at that georgy says he says he thinks he shall like his position very well he went to see perbasco before he went away and he perbasco went home last friday and went out to see george and inform him i suppose in the ways you know perbasco is in mr Kingsly s emplois now at i beleive 10 dolls a day i think mr Lane done it for his good will to george as there will be work there all winter and this where he was will stop and it was very bad cold ugly work purbasco says Jeff is having a great quantity of pipe made about 20 miles from camden and george could just as well inspect that and not neglect this in the least mr lane has wrote to Jeff and george wanted matt to write to him that george was there if he could put any thing in his way i told matt but   whether she mentioned it to Jeff or not she said mr Lane had wrote to him but she would but walt if you write to Jeff you can speak about it) perbasko used to make as much as his wages they say inspecting for other parties as they are not engaged but a few hours in the day

we have had anna Vanwyck to see us and staid all night i have all the company now matt brings all her callers in here mrs Lane was here the other day last sunday evening mr and mrs marten spent the evening here came in their new buggy matty tells them all she only sleeps in next door i think sometimes it is pretty true i should think Jeff might tell by this time whether they will go or stay matt is well and real fat i tell her she lives so easy and sleeps so much) i dont know what to say about mooving i dont feel much like it at present i get along quite well now the new family dont make quite so much noise as they did i think they have got a carpet down and the old cradle dont disturb me so much   they are all american people i believe mr Hamblen is gone bought a house and moved all his manufactory which was immence and we have a butcher below now but i would rather have half a dozen buchers than the soap making they appear to be very quiet people and clean) well Walter this is quite a long letter for a sick woman to write) oh about the portland ave lot mr smith would rather keep it and is going to try to buy the 15 feet of french and put up 2 brick houses for sale) and the putman ave lot is improving i went round there a few weeks ago to look at a house advertised the rent was so much i dident take it i stopt on the corner of Almond and was looking over at the lot and a gentleman come out of the livery stable i spoke to him about the blacksmith he gave me much information about the property he said the blacksmith lease is out next may but he thought he would get another lease any how he said he would do all he could to get it away he knew the young lawyer that owned the ground he said he wanted to build a house for himself his stables is only gentlemens horses to board) he said he only kept one coach those houses that is building is very good the price of them is 6000 doller and he said Almond place wont go thorough as he has tried to have it and wuld pay to get it through and that the title is good as he had a claim

 

at one time on the property that george owns and he said the title was good enoughf he said the father of this young lawyer gave him this lot where the blacksmith is and he letts him have it as he dont care for money he only gets 100 dole a year for it) he seemed very much like a gentleman he said there was no noise or any thing of the kind around his place) he owns 50 feet on Almond place

your two shirts Walt is here all safe when you come home chrismas

good bie  

i am sorry walter you have had trouble with your head i was in hopes it would not trouble you but we have to take what is sent upon us) i suppose there will be stiring times to washington next week) george got the Broadway he thought the peice was very good they say the december galaxy will be out about the 20th O walt the 2 doll was in the letter come good i got the money for the check off george he took it after i signed it and got the money i had to pay for the coal out of it 7 dol and i owed the grocers some but i aint out of money and get along very well) people dont want to have children but i dont know what would become of me in my old days if i had none i believe i cant write any more to night good bie walter dear my love and regards to mr Oconor

19 Nov '67