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County

r 13^th 1863

An Riddel

 

...I now write you a few lines to inform you that we are all well but pa and he has got the nearvous Dis pepscy and has the [?] and has bin apowful bad off but he is amending very fast John and Silvester is bot is in the war Silvester is on sulivans island near Charlsta John is in tennssee we hant herd from him in three or four weaks they was a big at the Lookout mountain and we hant herd from him but wonce senc John is married and his wife has got 2 children [torn] on both

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Times is hard

boy is gone to

Dollar pur bushel

Dollar pur pound

to be got at that [torn] is fifty

sents pur pound [torn] the

 

lowest price we received a letter from you an was glad to hear from you and got to hear that you was all well i am sorry that i hant wrot be fore now but i have bin a wait for pa to get better be fore i wrote Ma says she wants to see you all the worst in the world Ann i cant tell how bad i want to be with you [torn] tell how bad i want [torn] you wrot to me

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church we

joind the church

verry good

come to see

i hop we will

 

be [torn] you must not marr until the war ends so i can be at the weding for I want some of the pound cake i want you to to me whethe all of the young boys is gone to war or not tell Matty want to see him and kiss him me and rebeca is most grown and wrecond you are two we have moove to squar john w[torn] place we reckond you kn [torn] is An i cant tell [torn] ant to see                                                                                

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Tell cousin [torn] I won to see her to [torn] and

days fight

they na

of a ball on him [torn] and he was tuck a prisener and got to come home a little while but he is gone back now you mu tell henry that he must write to me if he ant at hom you mus write to him to write to me you must write to me as soon as you git these lines you must excuse my not writing for i will do better the next time you must excuse my bad writing for my [torn] an my ink is [torn] to schal neaver [torn] [?]

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