Cincinnati Nov 17th
     Dear and anxious friends one
  and all as Guy is very urgent for
me to write I [take?] this time to
do so I know you feel as I did
you must not doat on seeing us too
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soon for Guy is very, very, low he don^
Sit up or feed himself you have
no Idea how much the poor boy
is reduced but I have more hopes
this morning his diarhea has
been better for 2 days and if it will
keep off we can soon get him up
so as to come home last night he
slept well for the first time in
a long while and his appetite
is good enough for a person in
                                                   ed
his condition but I am not allow^
to give him any med that I
brought with me but if diarhae
comes on again I shall do it [sly?]
[ly?] we have enough of every thnig
here that we need but I feel

[Written on the left side of Scan 1]

as I [Set?] writing I can see over into Kentucky and if all
                                                                                   was
                                                                                     well
                                                                                      I should
                                                                                   goover
                                                                              the river
                                                                                   but I cant
                                                                                             now

as though my hands were tied
every thing must be done by rule
and by the minute I cant go into
the kitchen to fix any thing as I
could in a private house I cant
stay with him nights.. but I stay till
bed time which half past .8'. and
come in about day light in the 
morning he has 2 of the best nur-
ses in the house I am not afraid
to trust him with them I met
one on the stairs this morning
and he said Good News Guy slept
good all night and seemed so
pleased, the people here are
all very [kind?] and I try to feel
as much at home as possible
                                                      d
there is no way but to be contente^
for I [cant?] hurry at all and when
                                                   ed
we do come you must be prepar^
to see about as poor a person as
you ever did I can clasp his arm
above the elbow Just as easy as

as I can Minies I was afraid he
had the consumption but I hope
tis only the effect of the diarhea
he seems so much better this morning
he wants you all to write for he likes
to hear from all the friends about
                                                                            d
there tell the friends at the [illegible in original]^
I shall think of them and wish
I could be with them but cannot
this time at least take this and
read it to the social friends I feel
as though I needed all their
sympathy and I believe I have
it give our Love to all I hope soon
to be there but cant now say when
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now about the way you get
along with out me tell me all
things that you think I wish to
know do you keep mending and
every thing done up tell Grace
and Lewis that Guy wants them 
to write is Mariah Henry and 

and all well I wish you would let
Henry take the letters over to your
aunt [Marcia?] and Mary they are anxious
to hear from us tell them to write.
Ellen will you write a full Letter and
Harmon and all & if I was at home
with Guy how glad I should be
but I am very thankful that tis as
well with us as it is we have very
much to be thankful for every
day and I hope I rightly realize and
appreciate every blessing which our
heavenly Father in his kindness
daily and hourly bestows upon us
tis a great comfort to be here and
see and watch and care for the poor
boy and he enjoys it so much
I must wait now till another time
I have written to the Capt for his
descriptive list and expect an
answer soon I cant get his dis
charge till I get it and I cant come
till I get that so you see I am
tied fast I expect Israel will
come for good for they all say they 
cant hold him and he is not fit 
to go keep up good corage I will write
often and tell you all   [LS?]