
i sit down
to write you a few lines
you have received georges
letter before this i wrote to
him last night and jeffy
took it down this morning
and the 10 doller i hope it
wont mis-carry he did not
regester it as george proposd
he did not think it would
be any good i got the money
he sent on monday and had
put the most of it in the
bank i had the 10d i sent
him without getting any
out but will have to get some
as he wants 10 more next week
well Andrew
has gone to
a place called freehold
and he went on the central railroad
he went last monday as far
as suffron station
and came
back the next day he has not
drank any nancy says in
three months untill that day
one week ago to day he was with
Jim cornell and drank a little
and his being so weak it affected
him very much he went
home to get his things and
nancy had not put them
up she told him to put them
up himself and his having
drank some he was very angry
and he went away without
taking any thing he was in
a waggon with jim Cornell
and Buckly they were going
to take him to the boat i
blamed nancy very much
so they came around here
and stopped i see andrew
had been drinking i said
to him that i would not give
him the 10 dollars i promised
him as i knew he had money
then) i thought probably they
would have a spree but
he went as far as suffron
station about 30 miles and
came back and went again
on thursday nancy came here
the night after he first went
with very great complaints
she said georgee
was sick
a[damage]nd Andrew had gone
and left her without any
money i gave her one dollar
and one of my gowns and
a quilt petticoat little jim
was here yesterday
and nancy has been here
to day and she has got a letter
from Andrew he wrote he
was not so well as when he
went away i gave her some
paper and envelopes and
told her to write to him he
had better come home)
if they had taken the money and got a place up above here a comfortable place i think it would have been better i gave him the 10 d when he went the last time he looks very bad indeed he could only work a half a day at a time he says he wouldent care about living only for his children i think nance might do better at any rate she might keep things a little cleaner i hope he will be better but am afraid it has gone to long

they are drafting here to day not in this district Jeff feels confidant he will be drafted if he does he will not go there is part of two regmints encamped on fort green the indianaan 14th california it is full of tents looks like war sis and i went up there this afternoon poor fellows they looked like hard times i spoke to some of them one from Ohio said he had never been home since he listed over 2 years) we are all about the same jesse aint very well he has such sick spells he rocks the cradle for marthe day in and day out i have not had any letter from hannah nor mary willy saw mary when he was at greenport she said they were all well write walt to me and write to george and han you can send georges letter to her
i get all the letter you send