To RH Milroy from Mary Milroy March 28th 1862

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April 1st Brucy got long without a spasm last night, but had  
considerable fever once he fretted and said mumps hurt, Ma 
kiss mumps Ma’s kiss is a sovereign balm with him. Mary 
 
 
 
Rensselaer, Ind. 
 
Friday evening March 28th /62 
 
 
 
My Dear Robert, 
 
 
 
	I received your letter dated  
March 17th and 18th on last Monday evening, and  
have designed day by day to answer it, but  
have been very busy attending to our out of  
door matter we have had some pleasant  
weather, which makes me feel like having  
our yard and garden work done. I have  
had Ben out trimming my Arbor and have plant 
ed 13 nice large grape vines, the vines on our  
Garden Arbor were entirely too thick so I conclude 
ed to thin them out, and plant them else 
where. We planted 6 to run on an arbor in  
the yard, and Conwell is making the  
arbor for them. Now if I tell you what  
else we have done, I wonder if you  
will be pleased, well that hickory tree which you  
admired north of the porch was in the way  
of the arbor, so we cut it down, now my  
dear, I regretted very much the necessity of 
 
 
 
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Ben says the mumps pined him badly all night.