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soon as you can so as to go to school as soon as you can I want you to go to the town school when it keeps and when it does not I want you to go to the accadamy And be a good boy and obey your teachers in every respects so as to gain their love and admiration consult your mother for your dutys and she will not advise you wrong knowingly my wish is that you may treat every body with respect so that you may be respected by every one you associate with do not learn Charly and Hatty to be saucy your mother said you wanted me to box up the old dog and send him home to you but we cannot spare him but he will come withe us as for a Majors Generals birth there is more in the sirvice now than is a benefit to the government my health not very good at present but I am in hope that it will be better soon the boys are generaly prety well and all send thier respects to you and want to see you very much Capt Emerson is at Washington yet and do not know when he will be back to us again do you know any thing about where Joe Harridon is if you do write to me where he is I had a letter from Mr Garreton they send you there love and respects and greatly simpathisc with you in your misfortune there was a letter come here