December 13th, 1883 Rev James H Wilbur  Walla Walla Wash Ter My Dear Brother  Your letter enclosing one from C B Stone came to hand yesterday, and I have written to Mr Stone enclosing an affidavit that bundles of iron, packages of wagon material  amp;c reached him broken open and separated, so that he received a large number of packages more than was originally Shipped; that he carefully counted and measured the several packages as they were received by him and shipped; that the number receipted for by the pursers of the different Steam Ships in the Shipping Receipts; that on completion of his contract he presented his account containing a true and correct statement of No of packages and cubic feet   
        December 13th, 1883 Rev James H Wilbur  Walla Walla Wash Ter My Dear Brother  Your letter enclosing one from C B Stone came to hand yesterday, and I have written to Mr Stone enclosing an affidavit that bundles of iron, packages of wagon material  amp;c reached him broken open and separated, so that he received a large number of packages more than was originally Shipped; that he carefully counted and measured the several packages as they were received by him and shipped; that the number receipted for by the pursers of the different Steam Ships in the Shipping Receipts; that on completion of his contract he presented his account containing a true and correct statement of No of packages and cubic feet     that the number Shipped in 3d  amp; 4th Qrs 1880 was 539 measuring 1935 Cubic feet, and amounting to  725.62/100 by the  terms of his contract  amp;c  amp;c  I also enclose my own affidavit as to the Separation of bundles of iron  amp;c. I think the two affidavits should be sufficient to remove all objection to this payment and as I think every thing else is satisfactorily Settled, I trust you may soon have the pleasure of knowing that you are    out of the  wilderness     I believe I wrote you that we were now in the boarding house, my wife as Matron    She does first-rate, and stands it better than I expected. Last Saturday  amp; Sunday was the time appointed for our Quarterly Meeting but Bro Roe was sick and could not come, so it is postponed till the 28th  amp; 29th of this month   Geo Waters said he had a letter from you stating that you would be here last Sunday   we have therefore looked for you. George did not tell me so    but it was reported as coming from him.  My wife joins me in Cordial love to Sister Wilbur and yourself   I have heard that you were not as well as you had been.  We are trying to do some good. May the Lord help us   I think the General has learned much since he came. He has put a stop to Gambling  amp; horseracing   that is as far as orders can do so   Our School now numbers about 130 pupils.  My health is not good here   I would like to leave next summer but my wife likes it here, and the General does not want me to leave   I don   t know yet what I shall do  Very Truly Yours   JH Fairchild  Write and let us know how you are. You  did not say anything about your health in the  letter you wrote me   
        but it was reported as coming from him.  My wife joins me in Cordial love to Sister Wilbur and yourself   I have heard that you were not as well as you had been.  We are trying to do some good. May the Lord help us   I think the General has learned much since he came. He has put a stop to Gambling  amp; horseracing   that is as far as orders can do so   Our School now numbers about 130 pupils.  My health is not good here   I would like to leave next summer but my wife likes it here, and the General does not want me to leave   I don   t know yet what I shall do  Very Truly Yours   JH Fairchild  Write and let us know how you are. You  did not say anything about your health in the  letter you wrote me