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  Jefferson June 26th 1865 
  "The Old House at Home"  

Dear Sarah, I had the sick headache last Friday, and I was tolerably patient. I had a continuation of the Same of Saturday and I began to feel a little blue, so I very dejectedly took myself down stairs and laid myself on the lounge in Mothers room. Cousin Sarah (not you) and Mother were talking but though they interested themselves they didn't interest me. In search for entertainment I enquired who had been favored with letters that morning and don't you think, that I being laid on the shelf up stairs, no one had thought to send for it? Kit was dispatched immediately and returned with that comfortably fed letter from Remsen. M, was going to withhold it until after I had had dinner but finally delivered it when I said I