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Romney West Va Aug 19th 1868

Dear Sir and Reverand
I take this opportunity of writeing you a few lines hopeing that those few lines may be exceptable to you Daniel Harris of coular a citizen of Romney desired me to write to you he says that when you was here that you promised him that you would hunt his Son he says that it would be a great relief to him and also to his weeping Mother he has been gone about 9 year he is a young man about 21 years of age and his name is Isaac Harris he is supposed to be in the city of Washington the last letter that he had from him he was Cooking at a hotel but I disremember what hotel it