ATHENS COUNTY OHIO **Letter to "brother and sister" from E W Tinker dated October 24, 1868
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These letters contain the Tinker family correspondence.  It was typed exactly 
as it appeared in the letters so there is little punctuation and many misspellings.  
The first couple of letters were written by my great great grandfather, John Quincy 
BOUDINOT to his wife, Levina Adaline TINKER during the Civil War.  John and 
Levina lived in Belle Rive, Illinois but were both born in Athens County, OH and 
migrated to Illinois shortly after they married.  Apparently Levina's entire
family--the Tinkers--remained in Ohio, and from all the names in the letters
I gather they were a large family.  I still have not been able to
"straighten out" all the Tinkers but am working on that.  Hope this info can
be of some help to others.
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(Underlined text to indicate illegible writing or unable to read what was written)
((Bold text to highlight references to Tinker))
**Letter to "brother and sister" from E W Tinker dated October 24, 1868
(From the tone of this letter and the fact I haven't the envelope it was sent in, I 
suspect it was written to someone other than John and Adaline, especially
 when you read the next letter in the sequence.  Perhaps Adaline's mother-the 
Mrs. Tinker referenced-and one of her other children were visiting with John
 and Adaline or brought the letter to share with them.)

Dear Brother and Sister    I received yours of the ……..was glad to hear from you  
I will give you a little repremunding for not answering my letters  Please give 
my best regards to  Mrs. Tinker and would be glad to have you and her 
photograph.  I am in Columbus attending Medical Lectures and we have a
 very nice class of young Drs  I think there will be 40 in the graduating class 
 I will be in with the rest   whether I will get the sheep skin or not I cant tell 
 tehre is none of us know that  I am on good terms with the Profs  I am 
boarding with Mr. Minton formerly of Nelsonville  My room mate is a Dr. Ross 
a second corse student  this is my first day with him  I arived here in the city 
about a week agio  you are teaching school  well that is good business  you 
are talking of some profession  youth is the time  Well if you study any thing
 I would advise you to study Med.  It is a nice thing  I enjoy the study very much   
 Well I will have to commence practice next spring but where I don't know  if
 that place near where you are is not taken up I don't know but I would come 
out there   If I do I will give you all the instructions I am capable

	You spoke about Charly  he has been sick  I was with him one week 
 his complaint was inflammation and suparation of the prostate gland  he sent
 for me  and Dr. Bright to come and bring instrucments to draw his urine  Bright 
was not there so I went and under tuck the opparation but I found trouble and 
called in Dr. Dew  we succeeded in the opparation and we had to continue for 
seven days  he sufered extremely he was better when I left home  that will be
 two weeks next Tuesday  You wanted me to give you some books  you had 
better get Gray's Anatomy Dalton on Phisology Chemistry  I cant say  Obsteteric  
Mayes  Cazeox Ramsbothum oves Practice Wood Flint Williams Watson Surgery 
Druit on Gross Diseases of Women Byford Diseases of Children Tanner  Materia 
Medica  M N S Dispensory Wood & and Dungleson

   Well I must close  write soon  I will send you a catalague and &    Respectfully yours.

								E. W Tinker