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  Evening 4 Nov. 1868 Dear Walt

i got your letter to day wensday all safe and one from Heyd saying hannah was sick i dont know what to make out by the letter but i should think she was better he says he had telegraph to you i wish i could know the thruth about her) it made me feel bad with my other afflictions but i hope to stand it some how or other matty is i dont know what to say the doctor has sounded her lungs and said   they were not as bad as he first thought but she is not able to doo much but i hope she will be better the doctor pays good attention to her has given her somthing for her coughf to take when she has bad spels mr Oconer was here awhile to day but wouldnt have any dinner or lunch said he had just had his breakfast) Ellen price was here last saturday she diden stay long she had   lost her purse and i let her have some change to go home with they had hired their rooms to a man and wife and 2 little boys the stears s have moved in to day so we have had a pretty jolly noise but its good to have something to keep up a little excitement but the best of all is grant is elected

good bie walter dear i wrote this in a hurry as you see