
          Recd [Received] June 5th

Buffalo, June 3, 1869.

My very dear friend:

Please make
my excuses to charming Miss
Margaret. My spirits have been
considerably below cypher even 
since the receipt of the note from
her which did me so much
good, raised me almost out of
the slough of despond. If I were
not wholly destitute of proper
paper, where I now am, I would
essay to write to her. But I have
to get ready for a trip to Albany
to-night, & that may give my
courage a jog. So, look out, 
Miss Margaret!

I have been, for some weary
months, from time to time, expecting
        