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May 16th 186[4?]
Friend Dave
I am going to fulfill that promise
I made you. You will excuse me
for not writing 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 [were?] going through the last
tunnel two of the ties broke and the
cars runs off the track and [...ed?]
The [...ing?] general broke 2 cars
up pretty bad tore the axels from
under them and [...amed?] every thing
up in a pile there was one man
standing on the platform he was
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