My Dear          I will drop one or too lines more to you to in form you that there is a few cases of measel in the fool company but I wont have enny thing to doo with them my buisness will be at our camp all the time to give the rest of them lowences to eat doo My Dear wife write to me as often as you can Tel Mother to write to me hear too when she comes you better try and get her to let James stay with you too when she come down May god bless my loving wife and darling little ones for my sake I dremt the outher nite that you and children come to see me and I never was much better pleas in my life than I was then May god bless you all for god sake I will take the best care of my self that I can for my darling sake and I want you to doo the same for you loving husband sak and James and George for me I will come to a clos by subcribing your Loving Husband untel Death May we soon be with each outher again there to live in peace forever

Amen 

 

Tel Dave and Ann Houddy for me and that Dave must rite to me when ever he can Dont let enny thing truble you mind about me I will do the best I can and you must do the same forever we will come home after the legislater adjornes and if I have to go in Confedrite Servise I will go in som company that has been in along time I wont do it though by time I come home May god bless you all and shield you from all harm is my prayr for Christ sak

 

your Loving Husband untel Death

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