Ben has got a gold pen for you

when you come home can you

you play on your bango

from your Mother

 

St Johnsbury   May 18^th 1863

May 18^th 1863

 

Dear Brother

              I thought that I would write to you this after noon thining that pherhaps that you would like to here from me

how is your helth now are you going to Mexico if you be I want to go to well thare is no yoos fooling becaus I dnot know but what you are a going but I hope not

 

Mothers helth is not very good she / wores so much a bout you she wants you to come home before you go Ben is to work to fairbankses now that recite for your bango we have not sent but are a going to in a few days if you have not got the bango i mean yet I expect that you will be playing on it when you get this Mother would writt but she is awl most sick she has got the head aick and we think it is a woring a bout you that makes hir sick so much if you have not got paid of yet we will send you some we thought that perhaps that you would be coming home and miss your banjo and that is why we did not send it before

 

I will not write any more to night so good by

this from          M M 

 

            Will it is the 19^th now and we had a letter from you to night and was so glad to hear from you and that you had got your bango and that you are coming home so soon and I guess you will not go to mexico right of

 

Martha J Harvey

St Johnsbury

Vt

 

My dear son

            you not know how mutch good you letter done me I am so glad your bango I wish I could hear you play on it once more if you are not agoing to get you dis-charge I wish you could / a furlow write me a long letter and let me know all waht you hav to doe and when you are comeing home I wish I could see you my dear son

 

            May 21^st

                        Brother Will as they have not sent your letter I will write some I am to work at Fairbanks yet 1.50 per day am to work in that new brick shop they wer building when you wer at home for Graham pay 3.50 for board hope you will be at home the 4^th of July so we can go to littleton or Hilbury Lake

Edd Young is at home on a furlough he said he should see you when he went back   Ben

 

                        you said that you did not git half so meny letters as you did but I do not know the reason for I have writen 3 or 4 and have recivd eny once.

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