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here at present by preliminaries—But am in
good quarters. Gen.l Howard is very kind & does
all I ask of him. Mrs Howard is with him,
a nice little woman—They expect to live in
Washington, with children &c as their home,
Maj. Whittlesey also has wife here, but she
does not stay long—The Maj is to go to N. Orleans[
This she does not like very well as it will
seperate them very effectually—

You write to Julia I suppose—Give my
love to her & all, & will her to be a good
girl—Do you learn how our friends at
277 get along? Let me know—You
will write me often—Direct to this
place—Washington care Genl Howard at
present—or, better perhaps to Soldiers Free Library

I have been at work quite hard
& my head aches—so please excuse me.

Yours very affectionately
J. W. Alvord