
June 18. 1873 Dear Pete,
It has been a good move of me coming here, as I am pleasantly situated,
have two rooms on 2d floor, with north & south windows, so I can have the breeze through—I can have what I wish in the grub line—have plenty of good strawberries—& my brother & sister are very kind—It is very quiet, & I feel like going in for getting
well—There is not much change so far—but I feel comparatively comfortable
since I have been here—& better satisfied—
My brother is full of work (inspecting pipe, manufactured here at the foundries for Water Works, & Sewers, northern cities)—he is in splendid health,—a great stout fellow—weighs more than I do—he is building a handsome new house here, to be done latter part of August—

Thursday, 19th
Nothing very new—I have had some bad feeling in the head yesterday afternoon & this morning—but it will pass over, no doubt—It is warm weather here, days, but pleasant nights so far—Pete, when you get the Star save it & send to me—you can send two in a wrapper with a one cent stamp, (I enclose some, for fear you havn't any)
Friday, 20th
Pretty hot weather here & needs rain badly—I am about the same—feel pretty well for a
while, & then have a bad spell—have distress in the head at times,
but keep up a good heart—or at any rate try to—Give my respects to all inquiring friends—tell them I expect to return to Washington in about a couple of months—tell me who you meet, & every little thing, & who asks about me, &c. as it will interest me—
—I have made a raise of some new summer clothes, real nice—thin black pants & vest, a blue flannel suit, & some white vests—Love to Wash Milburn—let him read this letter if he wishes—Write how you are getting along—
good bye, dear son, Walt