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Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago RAIL ROAD. SUPERINTENDENT'S AND AGENT'S OFFICE. La Porte, Ind., June 16, 1863

Dear Wife I wrote you Sunday but did not send my letter yesterday as I then expected. It is very warm here now and dry. Farmers say that the dry weather is injuring the ((wheat ?)) much and causing the insects to work badly in it. You can hardly conceive how dusty it is. Have you had any rain since I left home How are the crops looking on our farm. How much has Mr Hamilton broken up that land and how much yet is there to be broken. It is so hot and dry that you will have to be very careful with the children and keep