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Jersey Co Ills May 19:1863 Dear Son Yours of May 16th was received yesterday I hope you will make no more resolves such as you speak of makeing in your letter be assured always that if you do not get news from home there are good and sufficient reasons we are all well as common except Eugean he is worse than he is for common Pa seems to be unable to do much yet all he complains of is pure weakness you did not state in your former letter where you directed the package of letters and likenesses to be left we have enquired for them at Kane post office several times we have neither received seen or heard anything from E Boulton only what was in your letter there seems to be a calm here at present the war subject seems to