Thomas Lincoln Casey to General Silas Casey, September 29, 1881: Image #4

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account of the contractors not finishing the iron work in time. The [??] is now 230 feet in height and standing well. We all hope that Mr. Lincoln the Sec of War will be retained by the new President but it is [indeed?] hard to say what will be the upshot. I took dinner at [name?] the day I got back and found them all well. I expect Lewis Hunt will do very well at the Academy and that he is a boy of determination and energy.