Grand Rapids Jan 8th
	  Dear sister I
now take the opertunitv
			y
to rite you a few lines
to let you know we are
getting a long up here
well we have plenty
to eat here of beef and
bread and coffee to eat
I shall am out on a pass
for to or three days so i
thought I would get my like
ness to you you must
rite to me onc and a
while well Cate you must
rite and tell me how
you got a long that
cold weather i did not
get any father than the
run i cant rite any more
have got a very bad cold

     I have a chance
to send this to
Bristols so I thought
I would send it
	Recieve fron
your Brother Solomon
to Catherine Baker