Helena Nov 2^d 1862

 

My Dear Wife

                                    I send in this satchel 6 shirts 1 blanket some cotton and some sasafras bark. the shirts cost me 50 cents each you can use them for yourself or do what you please with them. I picked the cotton in a field near by and you can keep it just as it grew. I shall write you again before you get this so I will write no more

 

            Ever your husband

                        George

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