Auburn Sep 17 62

                                               

Dear wife i resievd your kind & welcum letter the 17 & am very glad to hear from you Dear wife i dont want you to cum down hear for it is no place for womun hear they get a bused their has ben lots of wuman woman hear and they codant se their husband for we are on garde or dril driling ol the time now Dear wif god nose that i want to ce you bad a nuf i shal be home soon / ceep up good courige for i sha be home soon their is no docktir hear he has gon home & we cant tel when he will be back i shal get of if i can Dear honey ceep up good courage Dear i shal be home soon i have got such a cof that they wont take me & bad teath they turnd out 8 in the lyons company on acon a count of their teath i am sory that i want home to play for you you Dear Dear wife i feel as bad as you do i cant sleep a tol i am thinking a / about you all the time i cant eat nothing a tol i shal be sick & they will send me home i think my hand treml trembles so that i cant right good a tol Dear Dear Wife Dont cum doan hear for their is no place hear for you to stay & i cant get out & if you shold cum you codant se me now for you cod not get in Dear honey ceep up good courage for i shal be home soon & wife i have got to go on garde now i am in a hury good by

           

Dear wife from your lover William Hibbard

                       

right soon

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