horses that were running at large. They then seized my bacon (about 4,000 lbs.), molasses and other contents of the store & took about $1,000 worth of corn in the mills, and a like quantity of other grain On Friday, they burned the furnace, saw:mill, two forges and rolling mill. They slept in the office

. Others do not think so, and I hope it is not true— Vicksburg news would be glorious if our anxiety about Meade did not expel it— Thousands are [Sojourneying] to the field of battle [Yours] Thaddeus Stevens Col. O. J. Dickey [on reverse, in another hand] Harrisburg P[a] July 7 1863 Stevens Thad Recd. A

MG0115_F003_In05_It01 Harrisburg June 2, 1863 Dear Sir Red tape will attend to the clothing and equipments & cetera— Genl. Couch wishes to know if a loaded wagon train unmolested could cross at Peach Bottom— Will you see the [shrff] & answer— I am at Mr. [Stubs] Hotel— Couch just recd. a dispatch