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  3 Sept '63 My dear Walter

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