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—63   Well Walt

george has come and gone he dident want to go much i think he went tuesday night started from here about 9 Ockoch jeff was going over with him but there was so many going with him i told jeff he better not go as he was very tyred george said it would be 12 or 1 Oclock before he would get back we felt bad when he started and he did too appeard to feel very bad he says he thinks it altogether likely he will be back in a month he thinks the regiment will be consolidated   and there will be more officers than will be needed but i dont think he will be dischargd we all eat supper up stairs the night he went away not so very solem as you would suppose but when he came to go i felt bad enoughf he went down to Andrews before he went away Andrew i believe has got in the yard again nancy was here to day another of her brothers is buried to day she was going to the funeral) those things you sent george all came safe he thinks he wont want any more   cloths in some time he had just gone when the express came he said he gesst they would not come that he must get some shirts he was going down to Harrisons to have his likeness taken so marthe got ready quick and stopped and told him they had come so he went down to the bank and took out the remander of his money his things cost so much more than he antisapated he gave me 7 dollars i told him i could doo with enoughf to get half ton of coal that you sent me some every little while but   he said he had enoughf i got your letter Walt with the dollar in and have just got Jeffs with the 20 cents Jeff will send your engravings fryday or saturday with one of george they wont be done till thin he wanted one sent to you and one to han and one to mary and one to Andrew mary did not come we have not heard any thing from her i had a letter from heyde yesterday he says hanna is about the same he says he wishes you would write to her that she would write to you but it seems to hurt her to bend over i think she is quite poorly at times but maybee when the weather gets warm she will improve   at any rate i do so hope she may i did think i would go on there as soon as the weather got warmer but jeff and george dont seem to think i am capable of taking care of myself but i think i could go i wish Walt you could go down and see george he thinks they are going on an expedition before long he has got a good tent only one besides himself tom is discharged and gone home this 12 sheets of writing paper for 4 cents is awful stuf to write on it want better writer than   mammy i dont think i shall invest in it again george made sis a present of a gold locket cost six dollar and a half she cals it her gold wacth told her father he must get her a key to wind up her watch i was glad he did get it jeff is very good we gave george a lot of fruit cake and crullers mat marked his things so we fixed him off very good we are all well but eddy he is quite under the weather has got of his bed so you may think he is not very well i am sorry walt your head is no better how bad it must be

  good by my dear walt