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I have no doubt that you will nobly do your part towards restoring the Union for which our Grandfathers fought. New Jersey has also done well, she has sent about a thousand men more than her quota, I have not seen that drafting has had to be resorted to anywhere but in Hartford Connecticutt never has there been a war when the call for men has been more promptly responded to. But I suppose you want me to tell you something about what we are doing Theodore is putting his wheat just now he plows it in he has a large quantity of clover seed this fall he has the most of it cut, corn will soon be ready to cut up is a pretty fair crop. Potatoes are very good we have no fruit of our own that is apples pears or peaches but they are all so plenty that