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Kane Ills Sep 2nd:64 Dear Son you will probably think strange that I should sit down to write to you on a half sheet of dirty crumpled paper I will tell you the reason in the first place I have not time to write much now it is satterday morning and Johny is going to the office it so excessively warm that he must go early that is the reason I did not write yesterday it was the hottest day I ever felt I think now in seccond place this is half of the paper of a letter I received from Springfield and it bought such a happy influece with it maybe it may reach you I am sorry you have not got your linnen Coat to wear this hot weather have you wrote to Annie lately we told you in former letters that she wanted to hear from that she sent her photograph to you at Chattanooga and had received no reply and did not know whether it reached you or not nor where you was but I dont know as our letter reached you Fanny wrote it we are all well except colds Kate Frost and Mary Ellen have been here this week since teusday they left yester morning their families were well I received your letter from Tullahoma and also the one from Chattanooga dated Aug 18th and was sorry to hear that you was so unpleasantly situated but did not see how I could help you at that time as a few dollars would do nothing in that