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penciled note at top: Dr. Rumbaugh Married 1861 To Nephew May 16 '61 Drilling Hawleyville Page Co Iowa Thursday May 16th 1861. My Friend Nellie, After a long lapse of time you condescended to write me. I was beginning to feel "powerfull" angry on account of it, But when I learned you had been ill, you exculpate your self entirely from blame. I was indeed sorry to learn of your illness, but I hope you are quite better, and the "bugs" powders you speak of, may soon be a useless adjurant. I think a little hard of you for getting sick whilst you were absent from home. you might have waited until you came home, so that us poor Iowa doctors, could have made a large Bill - but you have "did and done it" been sick & got well, so I shant raise a fuss about it at this late date. the "Orchestra" consisted of the Holmes family - that is George and Winslow, performing on the "Violin", commonly known as the fiddle. I wish you had have been here. I know our exhibition would have very much suprised you, and agreeably too.