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the blood to determine to the organs & brought on your menses prematurely & when you come to be away from me of course you had less excitement in the parts & consequently less blood flowed to them & your menses ceased. I think this is the explanation. I hardly think it possible that you can be pregnant from what you say neither do I think I could have impregnated you without being aware of seamen passing from me to you before I withdrew. You seem also to have none of the symptoms of suppressed menstruation hence I think when you wean the baby you will find yourself all right so far as your sexual organs are concerned. You say you think you had better wean the baby this month & ask me what I think. I think if you wean him this summer you had better do it before warm weather, but you know how his appetite is & how his health is better than I do & can judge better than I. I think you had better wean him gradually he has been sick so long. Feed him more & more & let him nurse less & less & the quicker you begin it the better provided he is well enough. Tell me when you write me what you think as regards what I have said relation to your menses. I understand that most women do not menstruate at all as long as they nurse their children. ------ Mr. & Mrs. Walker are in New York City I suppose. I am told they have advertised their house for sale & expect to leave here. But it is getting late & with a loving kiss I bid you a sweet good night. Your affectionate husband N.

Sunday P.M. It is a beautiful Sabbath day. The mud is drying up fast. I hope we shall have pleasant