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To William Irving Esq
At Mrs. Peyton 4 ½ St Washington D.C.
Dear Will
Your letter [encl’sg] [??] pf [Bounty CLaim] for Mrs M-[page torn] / was duly recd, and I have at last procured from Newcastle / [Maine], the certificate of the Record of her marriage; + from / herself the other items necessary (except the name of the Com - / mander of the Rgt. in which her husband served, but as the no of the Regt / is given, that is not, I suppose, absolutely necessary) to fill it up, + ha-[page torn] / -[ng?] her sign it + her signature authorized [^enticated] by a Justice of the Peace, / I believe all is ready. She has also you will see made you her / attorney to receive + transmit the warrant.
So much to business _ I am still act’y cmdt. Of [E-??] / well in health but lonesome + sick in soul _ Florence is [spending?] a little while / with me now + Mary was here last week. She was [on] at Balt / + returned in that terrible snow storm a few weeks since, being called back / by business without the pleasure of visiting Washington .
Your Dear little Willie is very well indeed, a [fat] chubby / happy, loveable, [curious?], musical boy. Beloved by all + loves all, his [page torn] / Sue guides him quite [matronly] and judiciously + does her best to [page torn] / his Grandmama from spoiling him. I thnk you would be astonished / to see how he has grown, he is beginning to read, + become quite interested / in his school [??-cations]; and while he thus thrives in grace, his healthy sports / + appetite are [investing] with an aldermanic [rotundity?], that well befits the / gravity + [lur-??] humor that are combined in his character + imprefsed on his face.
They all desire much to hear from you + Sarah, give our love to her.
[Jane] returned last week from New York to her old quarters in Medford, [rotund], m-[page torn] /
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-ing, gracious + in very good preservation. All are well.
Do let us hear of your whereabouts + whatabouts, Will, at on / early day in haste
Yours affy
Theodore
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[page torn[ March 21, 1854 }Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
