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Aug 26 1882
Dear Ida,
Thank you for your recent letter, and I am glad to hear you are doing well and your brothers are recovering well from the measles. I am looking forward to seeing you soon, as I will arrive in Louisville either on October 2 or 3, or possibly some weeks later if we can catch Chicago.
That looks less likely now as we recently lost three games against them and now are 44-21 while they are 48-17. After our game against Cleveland today, we will head out onto the road and will be traveling for the rest of the season. Ida, there are some bad rumors about the team’s finances and I fear this may be the last game I get to play in Troy as the club may not be able to go on next year. If this is true, I hope it will not induce your father to withhold his consent to our marriage.
On the field, things continue to go well, though my batting is down a bit at .256. I hope to be able to write to you at least once while we are on the road, and hopefully I will know more about when I will be at home. I look forward to seeing you soon and give your brothers my best wishes on continued recovery.
Yours
Fred Pfeffer
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