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The Middle Park Indian Agency, COLORADO TERRITORY

                                                                                                          Denver. July 8th 1863

My Dear Wife: The coach is not in yet, and may not be until afternoon but just having been over to the Printing office I am constrained to sit down now to write you a few lines, before the sun gets around so as to slice upon my room window, after which it would be no use to attempt to remain to write. On yesterday I received the Advocate with my first Mountain letter in - the only one I have written for the paper which was well written, but they have mangled and torn it so with bad punctuation, spelling, and so forth, that I inwardly determined not to submit any more to the same cruel treatment. I got the Democrat, and Beacon at the same time. On Monday I received two letters from you - one of June 3rd - one of the 25th