Letter: James Shoemaker Hallowell to Margaret Stabler Hallowell, August 18, 1832

Post office Defae[?] 8/18 1862

Dear Wife: Got to Washington without delay or accidents & am now attending to office duties, Tho' nothing presing just now & hence I write a few lines.

If thee approves of the enclosed lines to [H??]., give them to him, as I thought it better to be more definite with regard to our proposed plans; so that thee might know more clearly what to expect. I desire to do a fair and liberal part by him, & yet do justice to ourselves.

If [??] Bowen gets here in time, I shall go to Alx^r this afternoon to get a load of furniture, which he will have for $6.25 (4 horse) he paying his own expenses. I hope he will come as I am anxious to get the goods off of my mind. It is a job truly as well as an expense to move new things up, & get it [???] be for more

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8/8/62

Margaret S. Hallowell Sandy Spring, M, Md.