On board United States Transport

Salvor             

New York Dec 3^d 1862          

 

Dear Deborah I thought I would write you a few lines again to let you know that I am well as usual excepting a little cold.

 

            I recd your letters the first one Saturday and the other Monday I was glad to hear from you and the children as I shall always be no mater if it is every day We are now anchored out in about the midle of the river so that the boys cannot go ashore. there has about ten or twelve of the boys that has left since we came here and there is more of them that will go if they can get ashore. I am going on shore in a few minutes with the mail as I have to carry the mail both ways

 

            We are are a getting up a brass band for this regiment and shall get the instruments to day. I shall be one of them so that I shall have quite easy times after this the Officers gives us $175 dollars toward buying the horns and the men make up the rest so that we get our horns without anny cost to us that that play them

 

            In regard to old hogs if you cannot get along without try and put them both under bords to keep the fence Alf Lusk or Dillenbeck will attend to it for you if you ask them I guess Or The Horton probably would do it

 

            You may tell Dillenbeck that I have not yet got his money yet but if he wants me to send him the bills I will / do it or I will keep them and get them as soon as I can and send it to him also Dooling

 

            Make Wilder give you that mortgage when you see him and do not give him any more money. That bill of Ashlys is good against him if he does aney thing so that you can get it of him

 

            I wrote in my last letter for you to direct your letters to Washington but we are here yet and do not know when we shall leave here so if you write as soon as you get this you may send it as you did the others to New York city and then I will tell you when to send after that I think we shall not leave here this week but if we do the letters will be forwarded as soon as the find wher we are so that they can

 

            Bill was well yesterday when I was up in the city he is guarding the baggage that is at the Depot there We have not got any more pay yet as soon as we do I will send it to you if I had money I would by some things here and send them home to you but I have not

 

            Frank & Lilly How do you do are you well and good children Pa will send you something as soon as he can

 

            But I must stop for this time write often

 

yors &c

L V Tucker

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