Camp 30 Sept 163 
My dear Custis I send you my watch which 
presume requires cleaning. It occasionally stops without any ation & this time"seems both to move. The oil I presume stiffens this cool weather. Please put it in the hands of a good man, for though unseemly it is of great value to me. Talcott before the marriage of the Misses Mitchell was a favorite with the j6welers. Unless picked so clean by his want investments as to have lost consideration with the of gold, he might enlighten you as to a proper artist. 
All quiet on the lines-disposed to advance-He keeps himself so close that it is difficult to find what he is about-
Please return my watch as soon as repaired and adjusted. Genl. your father. R E Lee 
Genl. G W Custis Lee