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Saturday Evening
My dear wife,
I have recd two letters from you
one when in Camp Douglass & one last night
You seem to write very strangly, you give me
no encouragement, but appear to pour out a
dismal complaint, all the time of your [?]
Sufferings I suffer the same & nothing I am
persuaded but a personal interview will cure
Either of us, I have a place by which we can
live together will you try the experiment
My wages I guess I can get raised to 1500 per
week, now I can get board for both of us
where I am now (I have mov'd again) 209
Washington St for 1000 pr week leaving a
balance of 2000 pr mo for our other expenses
now this is cheaper than keeping house -
The house is a good one there
are only about 10 persons including 2 families
Stay here, the people who keep it Mr Montgomery
& family are decent folks they are from
Bloomington Ill & pleasent people.
the board & Rooms are excellent, lighted with
gas etc - two minutes walk from the Court
House - and 5 minutes from Mr Hagers Church
We could live pleasantly together for
my punishment has been Such that you can
put the utmost trust in my integrity for the
future.. over
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