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fragment La Porte Feb 25 1864 My dear good Wife

                        Your letter written the 17th reached me to-day. I am sorry the mails are so irregular. Here it is 8 days since you wrote me & I have just got it. I feel badly about the baby. I am so sorry for the little sufferer. It seems to me as if I cannot give him up. I do hope he will recover & be well again. He is such a good intelligent little bo, that it seems too bad that he should suffer so. Myron thinks he is the smartest looking child he ever saw. I think I never knew a child manifest more intelligence than he always has. I love the dear little one & would gladly do anything in my power to make him well & happy, or in his sickness to contribute