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  Brooklyn 18 Nov. 68 My dear Walter

I got your letter monday with the contents all safe I should have written before but I wanted to hear from Hannah and we hadent had any word from Jeff in a week so I thought I would wait I got one from Heyde yesterday tuesday 17th he says Han is improving the doctor lanced her wrist and it discharged very much he said and since he said she was not quite so nervious her wrist appears to have been a gathering – it must be on her right hand I dont wonder at her letter being wrote so irregular and she very nervous with all well as to Jeff he is I suppose on his way to Brooklyn – will be here probably on saturday or sunday I am glad he is coming poor jeff I feel sorry for him and sorry for matty and sorry for myself – I have my hands full I will assure you Walter dear – I feel sometimes almost done out – then i get quite recruited) some days matty has to lie down nearly all day – then again she can doo around a little – she has been troubled very much with vomiting I think she takes some things   that disagrees with her stomach the wine she has had is not very good I perswaded her to not get any more George says they say there is no good port wine at all) the doctor does all he can he sounded her lungs again on monday and said it ws no worse but if any thing rather better) her right lung is the one affected) she asked him if he couldent give her something for her coughf he said no that it came from her lungs and no medicine could cure it – the only thing was the way she lived and place she lived in) and that was the only thing that would help her) he said if she had 16 doctors the best that could be produced they could not remove her disease by medicine) but if she would go where the air was dry she could very likely get better Yesterday she was sick on account of the east wind George went to the doctors last night to get something he had had prepared for her) the doctor asked him if she hadent had a bad day) charley heyde said they mentioned her case to dr Thayer and he said she couldent have come to a worse place than brooklyn

good by Walter dear

i sent Han a letter last week a good one