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Decem 2nd 68
Mr Kimble
Esteemed friend
I always have done as I pleased pretty much, and I did not suppose our folks would oppose me in anything.
So after I found Captain Ely was willing to be married here, I asked thee to be so kind as to legalize our marriage. But now we shall not need thy kindness. My Parents, & Brothers, & Sisters bitterly protest against me being married out of meeting. So Sam tells me, we must be married at home, which we shall be on the 17th. And it's best I guess, too, for Sam's mother is quite ill now, and he would dislike to leave her when it was doubtful