Winchester Va

April the 5 1865

           

Dear Father

I seat my self to let you no that I am well at presant and hoping that these few lines may find you all the same I am sending five hundred dollars home by express and if you go to New Castle in a few days you can get it two hundred dollars be longs to Ace Shaffer you will give some of them $200⁰⁰ dollars and also Abe Rhodes is sending $250 dollars in a seperate package you will tell some of them well I gess I will close nothing more at presant but remain your Son

                                                           

Geor Bender

                                                           

David Bender

 

if you can get it with out

the recept I dont no wether

you will get the recept for some time

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