Camp Near Bells plans

Marc 27^th 1863

 

Dear Frends

I recevd your kind leter in due season and it forded me grat plesher to hear from you ons mur and i hop thes fu lins will find my dear litel Manda well and all the rest of the famely you sa that not leav John behind not if i can help him he is the only one in this world i can lock to if i am sick i tell you that he is the first one that comes to se me and i the sam to him i cant part with him but i thot i had / to part with him ons but i was haply deserpurted he cam to me one day and sed how do you James i tell you the tears run down my face and then grasped him and sad your por mother is hapy onse mor and me also for that was the first tim he left me we allwells slep to gether and it was as good to me the night he com to me then it wold of been to a nue mared cupel and that is a grat thing i gess by what i hear

 

giv my lov to all

enquiren frends

and to gorg phelps 

 

i giv you all with

in lov

 

tell the old lady

to kiss litel manda

for me and Johney

 

John and i send

owr lov to you

all

                                    James R Mcgibbons

                                    John Pirtredg

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