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          Richmond VA

                      Salem Mass

                            June 18th/64

 

Friend Morgan

                     Here I am like

a fly in a bottle. Shut up in the

house having got keeled up in

my anxious endeavors to see every

body at once, and since the second

day of my arrival I have been quite

sick.     To-day is the 22d and I begun

this 4 days since but could not

finish it. and I dont know as I

shall do so now. We had a very good

time getting home considering all

things, We stopped over night at Nash=

ville and at Albany. at the latter place

Capt Powers left us to shirk for our supper

[and] the citizens hearing of our wants pro=

[duc]ed a good supper for us in a very short