Rev. Nelson Rounds  D.D.  Pres. Oregon University Salem, Oregon 
         Our residence is 165. 10th St. Vhere dispatch should be sent. 
         Friday 10:30 a.m. La Fayette Ind. Aug. 26, 1870 Dear Father Rounds, Br. Tom  amp; Sister Mattie, have just arrived. All vell, and ve are all de lighted to see them. We feel to sympathise vish your loved ones, left behind. You must all feel Matties absence very sadly. But she has a dear good husband. We like him very much indeed. Libbie had not given them time to vash up yet, and it does not look much as if she vould do so today. Lara did not come on here. She left at Burlington via of Chicago. She is vell nigh Buffalo now.  
         We expected her along with the others, are disap pointed. But then ve have all the time vith the others now. I have not been very vell of late but am some im proved since the change of veather. Libbie is better too. Nellie  amp; Louis are very vell indeed. We are anxious to hear from you immediately and to learn what arrange ments you have made for the future. Ruth,s of the 11. Inst. Came the 21. I preached last Sabbath for Br. Brakeman of the 5, st. M. E. Church. All vere greatly delighted and give me  xxx  hand of fellowship as a M.E. Br.  
         I think I shall not like continue my business though I can do vell. But it is not just the thing for either of us, and ve feel it more and more visibly. We shall be settled again the first good opportunity that offers to us. Mattie  amp; Tom vill vrite before they leave here. All send love. Good bye. God bless you, Affectionately Leland.