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a fine time "down-east." The other boarder has got back. Five or six of the old hands at the Offices are off for a week or two, rusticating. I have gone to work as usual. Mr. Kinney thought he should have the monument ready to put up about the first of October. I think my trips around the country with Elbridge and John have done me good. How is it with them? and how does the wounded man with his crutch get along? You or Elbridge write soon, if convenient, Give my love to all, while I remain Your aff'te Nephew E.W. Curtis Rachel W. Kingsley