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Big Lick Apr. 30 1870 Mr. Manly Dear Sir Yur Letter was received and read and I was glad of the change althow the people thought it very hard & had to be removed i did not leave Bristol until Thurday eving as i was suffering with a vey bad cold and culd hardly speak aloud I have neither seen or heard from Capt Schaffer i wrote him that i wuld leave Bristol on Thurday evening and i expected to meet him at Christianburg, but was sadly disappointed