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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