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Outpost June 26th 1853

Col R C Ballard
[Louisville, Ky]

Dear sir I am sory
to enforme you that the helth hear
has bin very bad cince I rote you laste
weak their has bin as many as eighteen
down this weak at a time but tha
ar all aup to day and geting on tolarably
well I think all that has taken it ar
safe now. I have treated all the cases
myself. Some of the growen ones has bin
very sick. I expect all will have it that
has never had it. I got the Boy Stephen
the next day after I rote you he had left.
The nex morning the Boy Jim left I hav
not heard of him yet. I am geting on
tolarabley well with my crope it needes raine
we have not had Eny Raine of concequence
cince you left us. tho the crope lookes
tolarabley well as good as my neghbors or
beter with the exceptiones som places in
the new grounds. it all in good order. I
finisht cuting the Caine and timber
betwean the ditch and fence to motones
line laste weak and have it redey to
burnne off withe the exception of deding
the trees that is a small jobe to doo it