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Prince Frederick Calvert Co. Md.
November 18th 1867

Bvt. Maj. W.L. VanDerlip

Dear Sir please to ask Major JM Brown to make my checks payable to my son John H. Butler Jr. and also the first check you sent for I have not been home for near two months and that check have not been cashed yet  Major Brown can find him by sending for him by Pollard who is employed in the Bureau in Balt  I shall start to day for Nottingham to day but continue to direct your letters to Prince Frederick till futher notice to keep my mail from being scaterd all over the County and I not get it  I will do the best I can and report progress

Respectfully Yours
J.H. Butler