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Kane Ills July 1st 64 Dear Son Yours of the 14th of June written from Big Shanty Station reached us to day also one dated June 19 written from Rome Georgia both come together one was mailed at Nashville on the 26 the other 27 of June I am not a little surprised and very sorry indeed to learn that my letters have not reached you we have written weekly until last week I missed we started a letter to you as late as the 15th of June certain I earnestly hope you have got that ere this that will show you that it was no fault of ours that no letters reached you we are all well at this time we are a very warm dry time vegitation is suffering from the drouht quite much people are beginning to harvest their wheat there is a heavy crop of wheat here at the north this season oats also I never saw