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1 Crete, Neb, March 28th/83 Dear brother and Sister You will have received my last card, written the day Maggie and
I arrived in Lincoln, We were not very much fatigued, and on feeling nicely rested, indeed the journey proved very pleasant,
everything going smoothly with the exception of our being detained about four hours, by the breaking of a wheel, and so throwing
one of the trucks partly off the track, the engine went on to Green River, for a wheel, and help, and we were able to start
again sooner than we expected. This made us somewhat nervous at the time, on account of our previous experience. We found
the folks usually well at Danl s excepting colds, little Ladie? , was some-