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Port Tobacco, Chas. Co.
Md. May 15 69-

Revd. John Kimball
Washington, D.C.

Sir:-

For your immediate information allow me to state that, after our last interview when you kindly gave me direction, and the address of Dr. Wilmer, here, and after one night's lodging at the Union Hotel, I took [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] the Royal Mail Boat, but, the Aquia Creek Mail Boat, and, after a short, pleasant trip of an hour-and-a-half, safely landed at Glymount from which place I arrived, here, by wagon, at noon with a fare of $1.50 for the twelve miles journey.

I soon found Dr.