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to be our old friend
Tod Drullard who is attending
school at Clinton some
8 miles from this place
I was right glad to see an
old familiar face - and the
news which Tod had to tell
me of old friends was very
acceptable. I rec'd a pleasant
letter from him on Saturday
in which he requires your
address and expresses his
intention of writing you.
Tod said that when he came
to see me he had expected
to find me in close confinement
and under guard - but
instead of that he found me
enjoying the freedom of the
city - by which you will
understand that I am allowed
to go out whenever so disposed.
You who have never been
shut up for weeks and

to be our old friend Tod Drullard who is attending school at Clinton some 8 miles from this place pioas(sp?) weight - glad to see an old familiar faces and the news which Tod had to tell me of old friends was very acceptable. I [illegible] a pleasant letter from him on Saturday in which he requires your address and expresses his intention of writing you. Tod said that when he came to see me he had expected to find me in close confinement and under guard but instead of that he found me enjoying the freedom of the city - by which you will understand that I am allowed to go out - whenever so disposed. You who have never been shut up for [illegible] and