Engineer Depot

                                                            Washington D.C. Sept 2^nd/64

 

                        Friend Frank

                                    The Lord gave me your letter today, I am glad to hear that that the boys are all well, and yourself with the rest. we expected to come up there to be mustered out but Jim says we will be in Elmira on the 17^th I think you will be here the last of next week if that is so we will have a gay old time going through to Elmira. Frank about/them Boots I was to the express office yesterday but no boots there I told them if any thing come for O^l A to keep it there not send it to the front I will go down again next Monday. Frank I wish you would see Lansburg and have him turn that $12 dollars with some of the boys that is going home he will know what it means Dangerfield says he wants you to tell John Brown to collect his notes and take out his pay and send him the Ballance to Penn Gen, and Oblige

                                    Yours truly      S V Olawson

 

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