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16 Jul 61
Commandants Office, ---- Navy Yard
My dear little Wife,
I have very little to say & not
much time to say it in, the most important part-
to you being, that I am very well. On Sunday
I attended service & heard a noble discourse from Mr.
Weir?. He treated his text like a poet. I don’t mean
he was fluid, but strikingly original very impressive
I felt better after listening to him, & hope I shall continue
to grow gooder & gooder every day.
I am very comfortable at Aunt M’s, have the
snuggest sort of a room with a great “wardroom“,
big enough for you to keep house in almost.
& feel more like being at home than I ever expected
away from it.
Tell mamma, if I forgot it in my letter of
Yesterday, that Mr. B, says he has sent on the
draught &as Mrs. Barron has gotten hers, I
suppose it wont be long before hers is forth
coming.
I have not been able to write Mrs Lacy
yet, but will I hope get Capt B’s & hers
back tomorrow or next day. I get up every
Morning – ever so soon & by way of amusement
March up to my office by 7 – what do
you think of this? Now, tell me all
about the darling chicks, what they do –
& if W. gets more sickly you had better
go to [illegible].
Havent time [to write more?]
God bless you all, [illegible] & [illegible]
Affy yours,
James
11 July 61