Brooklyn         Nov 15^th 1862

Mr Browning

 

                                                                                    Dear sir

your letter of the eight is duly recieve and stateing you had not recieve a letter from us fore four weeks thair has been two letters to you evey week and it is strange you do not get them I think we are all well as usual this morning Mrs B and hellen has gorn to the furnel and bub and myself are at home the corps of Edward Little was sent home from washington and burred to day with a great milatary display bub is as happy as lark play with his horse it is very pleasent weather nowdays excepting quite cold not a great deal of excitement about the same old story not much news all quiart your boxes came all safe and sound but an a good deal of frait to pay five dollars was the bill but that is all right I tock the gun over to old tincker and got him to fix it up he did so he put a new hammer on the left barrel and made new ramrod and cleand her all out and put it in good shooting order for 85 cents he says it is worth ten or twelve dollars/it shoots like the very devel I shot corner ways a cross our lot and put a half a dozen shot in a peace of paper half as big as my hand that is what I call good shooting dont you

 

well George I hardely know what to write thair is not much news to write I was to town yesterday thair is not much excitement thair now war news all seems quiart as can be thair is great times now about change now silver in cuculation nothin but postage stamps and shinplasters the postage stamp currency is about plaid out I think it will all to geather soon the citty has got up citty orders from 5 cents to 50 cts and that is all the change we get nowday every thing is up to the hest notch wood from two and half to four dollars a cord and coal the same way and evrry thing accordenly it beats all how evry thing come up I do not see how the people can standet it

 

well George how do you get a long I suppose you have pretty easy times now at least I hope so have you gorn into winter quarters yet I hope you have and if you can not come home you will stay thare all winter but if you have to stay and move round as we did last winter and spring I am afraid you would get sick you must take care of your self the best you can that I know you will George if you come home I wish you would fetch me one of them lond blouses to ware to school or if you get a chance to send one pleas send it and I will pay you for it I need one bad

 

Well George I must close fore to night I will write again this week and tell you all about things yours in hast C D Prouty

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