Lowville Lewis County New York   December 24th 1880 J.H. Fairchild Esq  Dear Bro   I arrived here yesterday and Shall Stay about two weeks, when I expect to Return to Washington to attend the Annual Meeting of the    Board of Indian Commissioners.    and the Sietys of the various Mission Boards. Mrs Wilbur is Not here: She left Washington on the 15th and is Visiting the friends in an other  Setion : will probably be here in a few days. Her health, when I heard from her last, was, much improved. My health is good as usual, indeed has improved Since I left home. There is about 12 inches of Snow weather not very Cold. We find our friends generally enjoying good    
         Lowville Lewis County New York   December 24th 1880 J.H. Fairchild Esq  Dear Bro   I arrived here yesterday and Shall Stay about two weeks, when I expect to Return to Washington to attend the Annual Meeting of the    Board of Indian Commissioners.    and the Sietys of the various Mission Boards. Mrs Wilbur is Not here: She left Washington on the 15th and is Visiting the friends in an other  Setion : will probably be here in a few days. Her health, when I heard from her last, was, much improved. My health is good as usual, indeed has improved Since I left home. There is about 12 inches of Snow weather not very Cold. We find our friends generally enjoying good      health. Great Changes here where I was born and brought up. The girls and boys who were in School with me when I was a boy have the greater part of them passed away to the Spirit land; and the Members of the Church, with Whom I used to take Sweet Council, have about all joined the Church Triumphant. What a Constant march to the Spirit world there is with us. we are in the journey and getting well along on the Road to the resting place for the body. Happy will it be, if we can have Eternal Rest for the Soul when we lay down the armor here.  Every letter I have Recd  from you and others at the Agency Since we left (and we have Recd many) have Comforted our hearts, as we have learned of your general and I will Say your universal prosperity. I had a few moments leisure and I thought I would Signify my whereabouts  Yours Truly James H. Wilbur    U.S. Indian Agent   written sideways in the margin   Love to all Indians and whites JHW