Fort Warren   

Feby 16 1863

 

Dear Colonel,

            I regret I cannot to accept your polite invitation to dine with you tomorrow, I have a troublesome set of recruits called 15 Battery. They are discontent rowdy fellows and I cannot leave them. [?] they are to be mustered in tomorrow. Pray come down and see me, come down tomorrow and take [?] with us at Father Collins'

 

V Truly Yrs

D Dimick

 

To F. J. Parker                                                                                    

No 80 Chester Park                                                                             

 

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Please make Mrs D & my regrets to Mrs Parker

 

I am in haste to the mail

 

[endorsement]

Col Dimick

Feb. 16 1863

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