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friends—en route—in the same general direction & for the
same general purpose as myself—We can all
together now plan comprehensively & in unity, as the
Bank, Bureau, & Tract Soc. You see, are all here to-
-gether & all in common having "freedmen" on the brain.

Give me all particulars when you
write. How about staying in the House. Is it
sold yet? How is Julia getting along (& you)
with the volume of letters to be out for Christmas and
New Years? Does Jonny grow. Has he learned
his A.B.C.^s & Sammy—I hope is comfortable—He
would like to see these great puffing, high pressure
steam boats on the Mississippi—Big fellows I tell you.

Can Sammy begin to write, I should like to
have him write me a letter.

At Charleston I may fix upon
the day when I shall see ^you not before as I can
now see—

You have every thing I hope & abound
As ever
Affectionately
J. W. A