Sunday july 9th 1865

Dear Fleetwood

I received your welcome letter this

Morning  it did not bring the good news I expected to hear

but still it was good news to hear you was well  it finds

us all well  I am glad I can say this to you  I know you

will be glad to hear it  the children have had the

choleras morbus summer complaint pretty bad

and so had I for a few days but are quite well again 

we had been looking for you home in a few weeks but I feel

sad to day  if you are in Norfolk yet I am afraid you

will not get away soon  I dreamed so much of you last

night I thought you looked so pale and sick  I am afraid

you might be sick  I still for the most part of the time

keep in first rate spirits  I did not go to church to day 

I was offered a seat in the carriage  I thought I would

stay at home and write to you would give me more

pleasure  I think I will not go to church for a while

now unless you come home soon then I will go some 

I do not know why my letters dont reach you sooner 

this is the 3rd one since the 16th of june  I have written

one every week since you left us but twice and then

the children were sick and the roads bad  it was

impossible to send one to the office then the next

week I always wrote two so you should have a letter

every week if you do not get a letter every week

you must think I did my duty  I thank you for

writing to me so often it was great comfort to me when

I felt lonesome I can hardly wait till Saturday comes for a