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1869 [[image of what looks like a vine drawn in the shape of an "A"]] Patuxent Oct 28 Bvt. Maj. D G Swain Respected Sir you requested me to write on my arrival. I should have done so but my trunk was carried to Annapolis, and I had no writing utensil. I found Mr Thompson and gave him your letters he received me kindly, but I found that I cannot open school untill monday as the people were not expecting me. I went to Col Corson and he