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Westbury, [date illegible]
Dear All, Your long expected communications came
this afternoon and you can scarcely conceive how
pleasant the perusal of them was and as an evidence
I have taken my pen altho I am very nearly sick
with a severe headache I have been quite suffering
with aches and pains for some time have had seve
ral treatments by Dr F[lussey?] and have felt [illegible] bett
er if it were more easy I would like further treatment
but there are so many things in the way He seems to
have considerable to do I saw Mrs Plum there twice she was
surprised to learn you [illegible] recently been in NY withou^t^
seeing any of them So we conclude you failed in seeing
A F Davis and wife Joseph and self went to NY on [illegible] day
morning to be at the [illegible] next day Sam [e?] and girls were coming
on [3?]-day but a severe storm in the morning prevented [Libie?]
came on [6?] [days?] I was very sorry ^they did not^ as George Truman Sam Livie
and John Cornell were in attendance SL is not a favourite
but many thought him very excellent and the others were
so altogether we had a satisfactory time 5th day evening
held our quarterly freedmen meeting heard the reports
and minutes of the executive [com?] also the report of this
[com?] who had been on a visit to the Government [illegible]
and [illegible] adjacent Colonel O Brient had recently been in
NY and much of interest [rolating?] to the freedmen [illegible]
[illegible] their great desire to educate themselves and
[their?] capacity to do it was enforced by striking instan
ces which had come under his personal knowledge

on the side/top: The weather has been cold but clear
and [illegible] excellent [illegible] to
day cloudy
and this eve
it is stormy
a little
We have only
seen S Posts wife
at S [illegible]
the evening of the
company we
[illegible] [illegible]
quite easy
to get acqu
-ainted with
and hope it
may be a
pleasant
connection
she is 15 years
younger than
S I [illegible]
know if we
[illegible] find
a chance to
send this
[illegible] or
not Have
been to EW
they [illegible]
talk of buil
-ding or
refrain [illegible]
Have not
seen E Mott
since you were
here farewell
many

-GR