August 28 1865 pg 1

Carson Aug 28th 1865

Nellie;
I got your good letter of
July 29th, last evening and am now
trying to steal time enough from
the printers, who are all the time
bawling for "copy" -- to answer it.
I must not forget to thank Byron
for his pleasant greetings.

Along with this letter, I sent you
a trifle of gold and gold bearing
quartz, in the shape of a buckle, which
I beg you to accept, as a birth
day remembrance, from yours
devotedly &c. I only wish it
was of diamonds and weighed a
ton. I ought to have sent you
a ribbon to go with the buckle,
but as I am no judge of the