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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
Capt. Bryant [5] has got a furlough and will leave for Maine in the first Steamer. He will visit Hope.
You spoke of a coat –
I do not want any coat I want a pair of boots and some suspenders.
You never have informed me
wether you received a gold piece which I sent to you at Rockland in a letter.
Write soon
EA.T.
[footnote] [5. John E. Bryant from Fayette, Maine]