1848 letter from William Lervy [?] in Greensburg PA to his friend M. L. Hays in Lancaster
From April 25, 1848, a newsy letter, beginning that the author is in a 'perfect state' but since Hays left 'we have had a hell of a time here' and went on to describe a fire in the stables at the academy 'and we had a dog fight every day.....