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Shipman Macupin Co Ills May 7th 1865 Dear Brother Ed I now take my pen to write you a few lines I should have written ere this but I could hardly help looking for you Home and I was waiting for my new postal address you see by the above that we are still folowing our old occupation that of eternal moving we sold our place for twice the amount we gave we are now two miles south east of Shipman Heather wants to build here on a place that is now lease and will likly be for sail I am very much pleased with the apearance of some of our neighbors that I saw yesterday