p.

[upside down:]

Thee has been very
very good to write
of late & I hope it may continue - but what
shall I say because thee does not gain any

[in left margin:]

would it not be well to send for some of Dr. May's medicines

[right side up:

East Montpelier
15th of 8th mo. 1862

Mr dear Willie

Thine of the 10th inst.
arrived today - I am grieved to learn
that thee does not get our letters
more directly - Ann has been at home
4 weeks to-day - she has written twice
& I have twice also since then - & Mary
I think has also written - but thee
will have to excuse her now as she
has been quite confined to her bed for
the last week - has over worked &
brought on her old troubles - she is a
poor suffering child - having quite
too much ambition for her strength.
Melissa has been not as well as
common all summer & Mary of
course did more to favor her - & just
as she was getting smart her sisters
tumbled out of the waggon & one of
them was so hurt that M. had to
go home - they had a [Gale?] girl from