Handrwitten letter from C. Sargent to John Pitcairn. Written at the Logan House in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Rail Road Company letterhead. C. Sargent, who appears to be a coworker of John Pitcairn’s on the Pennsylvania Rail Road, writes to Pitcairn about his two recent fishing trips; one out West in Iowa with his sister Verlinda, and one in Sandy Ridge (PA?) with 7 other railroad men. He hopes Pitcairn will join them on the next one. He mentions Pitcairn’s last letter to him, a “lengthy dissertation on the teaching of the Swedenborgian faith.” Sargent also writes about the ongoing Civil War, changing railroad assignments, and a bridge that was recently erected over the tracks in Altoona. Names mentioned: sister Verlinda, S. Mich. R.R., Mr. Baldwin, Mrs. Boggs, Robert (no surname), Mr. McLargo (McLango?) Mr. Lewis, Mr. Franciscus, Willie (no surname), Sarah (no surname) Locations mentioned: Iowa, Peru Illinois, Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Sandy Ridge, Tyrone (?) road, Cl’fd (Clifford?) road, Louisville Ky, Altoona, Har. (Harrisburg?)