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[[footnote 1]] Brother Kimball I wish you would come and see our localities. At Falls Church are the pupils whom John D Read taught - 2 Mosebys guirrillas murdered him on Oct 14, 1864. [[footnote 2]] My wife is coming to help me teach. She will probably teach at Falls Church where we hope to sojourn for [[strikethrough]] the present [[/strikethrough]] a season. My rooms now are at Mr John B. Browns - octagon brick [[partially visible last line]] 3/4 of a mile [[/partially visible last line]] [[footnote 1]] Washington. Oct 5/65 J.R. Johnson Missionary [[footnote 2]] Buildings at Fort Strong [[underlined]] now [[/underlined]]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Read (details of the murder)
unsure if Footnote 2 belongs with this letter