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Baltimore, Third day 12th Second M 1861 Dear Cousin Thee sees I keep at my old habits of writing for 40 years but it is prose now, not poetry I hope thy patience will hold out as I am nearly through After bringing the account down to father's death, I shall give thee a short sketch of Mother's history which will close it I thought I would send to thee, (being the oldest Townsend) what I know of the family and perhaps the children, at some day might become interested in it I am copying it, of evenings from a long history of my own life, which I have written for my two young ones I would give a big price for a history of our folks 5 or 6 generations back We all continue [well?] Sally Townsend of Wm is down stairs but don't go out yet had a fall on the ice, in her own yard some 3 weeks ago, then a [illegible] spell She is feeble Robt A. D. and Joshua, and myself, all at our usual avocations
Wm M [G?] gets out to the Rail Road but complains, at times of a numbness in his feet. (which don't look very well) Sally was born June '88 she is 4 1/2 years older than William (whose birth, thee has) Thy letter just came, as I am sending this. I am glad thee likes it. After I have got through the History, I will send (separately) some little memorandums which, he left, of his different spells of sickness It seems he had 5 or 6 of them, before I knew him. It was not worth while to send stamps. I did not want that [Lydia is all, well?] I have faith that our public troubles will come out right I admire the great dignity of the North no bluster nor gasconade but ready "to put in an oar" at the proper time I think people will be agreeably disappointed in Lincoln I voted for [[illegible]Everett, being our only chance in Maryland [illegible] like spring I shall write every few days affly Richard H. Townsend