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must be at peace at home and abroa-
d. I hope soon to receive see her thus.

At present there being no pros-
pect of being paid, and I stand
in need of some few trivial ar-
ticles, I ask mother to send me som-
e money. I wish about five dollars.
Tell her to send me three dollars in
postage currency, and two in a bill,
or if she can send it all in postag-
e currency, let her do it, for change
is very scarce here. I have seen sheets
of postage currency, and I think by
going to the post office, and giving
a five dollar bill, or five dollars, she
can receive a sheet to that amount.
I do not like to send home for mon-
ey, as I know that mother needs
all she has. But I stand in the u-
tmost need of some things, and
having no money with which to
buy them, I must appeal to her
as the only source from which I can