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<html>currently being transcribed GE

May 16th 186[4?]

Friend Dave

I am going to fulfill that promise 
I made you.  You will excuse me 
for not witing sooner as I did 
not know where we would [stop?] 
but we have fuelled up at Round 
Grove, Whiteside County Illinois.  Where 
we will stay for some time all 
summer at least.  I will tell you 
something of the trip. we started at 
[Mt?] [Un...?] for pittsburg and as the 
cars [?] going through the last 
tunnel [?] of the ties broke and the 
cars [runs?] off the track and [?] 
The [?] general broke 2 cars 
up pretty bad tore the axels from  
under them and [?] every thing 
up in a pile there was one man 
standing on the platform he was 
hurt some not seriously (by [gudas?]</html>