To RH Milroy From Mary Milroy July 16 1862

              Rensselaer Ind 
                              July 16th 1862 
My Dear Robert 
                    My heart was made glad 
this morning by the reception of your letter 
of July 4th, and I cannot blame you for 
for feeling like scolding us for not 
writing oftener, as I know it does you a 
world of good to get a letter from home. 
for I become so impatient when I do 
not get a letter at the time expected 
that I can hardly wait untill the 
mail comes in from day to day, 
and every day the disappointment becom 
-es greater until the long looked for letter 
arrives, but indeed Robert so much of 
the time I have been worn and weary and 
physically exhausted, trying to keep up  
the interests of home, that I have been 
unable to write as often as I would like to 
have done.  I assure you that I am by no 
means an idler seeking my own pleasure 
other than at home.  I have felt that it