August 28 1865 pg 2

proper quality of that sort of thing,
I have concluded it best to
leave it to your own good
taste.

We have had a military ball
since I wrote back. I think
I told you that Governor Blasdel
has made me a Major. Well,
as in duty bound, I appeared
in Major's uniform, and escorted
the plump and charming daughter
of one of our Supreme Judges to
and through the "misty mazes".
The name of that damsel is
Mary Beatty. That dear creature
has the credit of being engaged --
and she was so good as to tell
me that she had heard that
I was in the same delightful
situation! I hope she has surmised