that Gettysburg was burned— I have [?] a few houses there— But he heard nothing of the result of the battle— He is anxious to have a good regiment of mounted Rifle men— — — —were here but I did not indorse them— A good man [want] few favors [Yours] Thaddeus Stevens [O. J. Dickey] [on reverse, in

MG0115_F003_In05_It02 Harrisburg July 7, 1863 Dear Sir No pass is necessary by [reg] of Zook— I believe Mead’s [kind] mostly will be this night at Frederick— I think Lee passed over the Waynesboro Gap (past my old Furnace—Tomorrow trains will run to Shippensburg within six miles of my Ashes— I

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