Dearest Brother,
    You letter came last evening containing the $6. Two days since I received one from Probasco, containing $3 (not 5 as you mention.) I send a note, same mail as this, acknowledging the latter. I shall, either by letter giving specific names, hospitals, No. of the particular beds, and dates, or more likely by a letter in print in newspaper, for I am going to print a sort of hospital journal in some paper, send you and Mr. Lane and Probasco, a pretty plain schedule of the manner of my outlays of the sums sent by them to the hospital soldiers through me – as it would interest you all, as you say. Meantime, dear brother, do not crowd the thing in the least – do not ask any one when it becomes unpleasant – let it be understood by our engineer friends &c. that I have mentioned the subscription affairs as forwarded, to be left entirely to their sense of what they wish to do, and what they think it would be discreet for them to do. I did not wish you to send $5, for I do not think it right – it is entirely too much – nor mother $1 – I think she has enough, present and future, to attend to – but since it has come, I shall use it – I distributed between 2 & $3 yesterday.
  What ought to be done by our family, I feel that I am doing,