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Delhi July 6th 1865
My dear Mr Ruggles
I should have made our
parting more tender had I
not been engaged in a little
squabble with Hubs about
a key. Hubs is an excellent
man but is apt to be flurried
at the moment of departure.
We had a very hot ride to
Albany but were repaid by
a superb view of the Catskills
undergoing a thunder storm
which repaid us. We had
a comfortable supper and

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I am sure I had mislaid
Isabella's letter. In the frenzy
of coming away I couldn't find
it. I hope you have written
her.