March 2. 1862.
Mary,
Sunday evening has again
returned & I am happy to say to you 
I am in quite as good health as I 
have been for some time, that is 
I feel as well as I have at any time
for a year past, if I keep still, but 
I become fatigued with little 
exercise or exertion. Will is well. 
Our affairs with the rebels look
now encouraging but matters in 
Congress rather become more and 
more complicated & embarrassing,
filling me with anxiety & doubt as 
to the results of our difficulties. It 
is still the subject of slaves & slavery. 
I will not however trouble you 
with that matter uselessly.


We receive almost alarming
accounts of the snow in Vermont and 
I am sometimes almost anxious for you.
I hope you get wood enough. Here 
rain still prevails most of the time 
& today it both rains & snows. I have 
however been to church and heard an 
excellent discourse from the President 
of Hamilton College N. Y. Professor 
Brown is now here. Many gentlemen
 from our part of the country visit 
the troops over the Potomac, and we 
see some acquaintances quite often. 
You doubtless hear more frequently from 
Cambridge than myself, but I had a 
letter from Thomas yesterday saying 
all well. Will had a letter from Harriet  
last evening. 
Mrs. Chipman has entirely recovered 
& our boarding goes on quite well 
but the table is not quite as good 


as at the beginning. You know
there are few boarding houses that 
entirely hold out. It is however good 
enough for me. We have some 
difficulty about our washing. Mrs. 
Johnson is not as punctual & prompt
as formerly. I think she finds some 
difficulty in finding fair days to 
dry her clothes. So much for little 
gossip. 
I learn that our Vermont troops
are better than in the fore part of
the winter, but there is yet much sickness 
in some of the Regt. They say they have 
full supply of bed clothing to and one 
Regt. say they have 1000 pair of socks 
beyond present wants.
Love to you & ours & respects to friends.
Affectionately
Your Husband.