Auburn Oct 17^th, 62

 

Dear wife i will right to you a few lines to let you know that i am well & hope that you are the same honey i am lonsum with out you hear honey i will send for you when i get my bounty money i havant got eny bounty yet honey did i leave your liknes at home i think that i left it in wone of my coats or on the buro Dear honey find it & send it to me if you cant find it / get a nother taken & send it to me if you wil Dear honey dont fail in doing so & honey Dear let me now as soon as you can as i feel uneasy a bout it i want it so bad i dont now what to do Dear honey send it to me honey as soon as i get my bounty i shal send for you dont you cum until i get my bounty i shal send for you as soon as i get my bounty. Dear honey i do love you i dont show it much as sum but honey i love you honey / dont wory a bout things i shal make things al right with you when i get home a gain the war wil be seteld in 6 monts but i shal be home be for that i shal try to eny way honey stay at home & dont work out i wil send my bounty to you & you can get a head stone for Mother & grave i rather you wod than to work out i expreced it as soon as i got here but i havent got it yet dear honey right soon i want to hear from you soon dont fail to right soon honey / honey dont fail to send me that liknis if i didant leave it at home i lost it but i think i left it in wone of my coats Dear honey find it & send it to me woud you honey

 

honey i shal right to Maria to morrow if i have time & i think i shal Dear honey dont be mad at me for i think of things then i am all a lone honey right to me soon wont you honey i cant think of eny mor at presant send me that liknis from your husband

William H Hibbard right

 

soon Dear honey good by honey

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