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7 I send three shirt [stucts?] that I got by buying paper in a kind of prise consern. I want you to take posession of them and take care of them and do the same with my other jewelry also take care of mine and Wm. Clothes and see to my books a little for I will have kneede of books when I get back. You stated that if there was any thing we wanted you would send it. I would like to have $.75 cts or a $1.00 to buy paper and ink and pay postage until we get some money and that won't be very soon. Perhaps if you send it out of my money it is all right and if you that is Mother will send it to me I will send it back as soon as U. S. pays us any. Our rations are good enough when we have good appetites but we don't get any