South carlina lurence dist                                          

febuary 3

 

Dear mother hit is thru the cind providence of god that I am permited once more to drope you a few lins to let you know that we air all well at present except my self I am not very well at this time but this leavs the rest all well and I hope these few lins will come to hand and find you all well and doing well I recived your letter and was glad to hear from you all and also I was glad to hear from henry for I was unesy about him for I thot that hit had bin his lot to fall in the battle field / but I suspose that hit was thru the cind merses of a mersfull god that he was spaird I have bad neus to right to you at present and that is that John is ded he was taken sick in camp and was taken in to richmon and was poot in tha hospittle whare the small pox was and taken hit and dide I dont know when he dide I recived a letter from him that he roat the next day after he got thare he said he was not well but better than he had bin and the next time that I heard from him I

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