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ripping up one pare of my
pants to mend the others and
my old working coat, last
night they took up a collect-
ion at th sewing society
I believe most of the rich
ones gave five dolars I gave
twenty five cents and thats
more in propotion than they
First day 1st mo 29th 1865
I arrived here to day from
Jericho. Last second day
Uncle Joseph Aunt Mary
Kate and my self started
went to Jericho they stoped
at Cousin Mathews and I
went to Uncle Willets he
has a boy [C?] and his sister
this Winter the boy goes
to school, I spent the night
with them and the next
day went over though the
cedars fill to Uncle Henerys,