James Mead

                                                                                    Dear farther & Mother

I thought I wood right you a fue lines to night as the male leaves to morower morning my health is first and hope that this will find you all the same and the rest of the folks up there I shoud like to you but trust the time aint far distant that shall things seam to work as tho the ware was bout to close I think it is from what I can learn I should like to now what you think a bout it I should like to be up there this spring Willes is well he wood to see the folks up there and see mother and the children and I think I will have a chance to before long I suppose you are planting now I want you to right how you get along this spring with the work if you have burnt the fell treas this spring and if the boys are with you this spring I should like to now/what you do for a team this spring to do your work with I should like to now hoo helps Mr seavey this spring and does Jim and Maerchant carey on to geather this spring to geather and what they do for a team to do there work with this spring

 

Well farther how do you get a long this spring for money if you have not gut that money sent I dont now you get a long I hop you have gut it it seames to me so

 

I shall send you some more as soon as I get it I dont hardley now what the reason is that the pay marster dont come and pay ous off but they he is coming next weak I hope he will for I now you want it and there is others that wants it I dont surppose you have heard eney thin from Russel a bout that money yet I will send you some more as soon as I can I want you rite as soon as yu get this/

 

I will right fue lines to you mother as I suppos you wood like to hear from your sone I shoud like to see you and hope that will the will of my heavenley farther that I shall meat you in a fue dayes dayes or weaks I want the children to be good children till I come home I tell them I want to see them

 

I should like to my children this morning but dont now whare they are but hope they will have good care taken of them I Dont now whare Elisabethe is she ritee that she was going of I hope she will giv up the notison if she haint gon

 

Lizzy if these lines find you I hope they will find you well and my dear children to and may it be the will of god that my famly may not be scatterd eney more it is a sunday morning and I am in hurey to git my letter in this male/

 

but I wood right a fue lines more hopping that if you do gow that may have good lock enjoy hapey ness and may god grant you prosperety and I want you to right as soon as you get whare you are going and rite all of the nuse I want you to give respects to your folks and to all inquireng frinds I hope the ant far distant that I shall meat you and I should like be there and take break first with you I dont like mine for we have for break first this morning suthern ham and hard bread and a litle coffey we have it thre times a day so you can see that we live down here if we live well down here I should like to stay in the armey but to live on hard bread meat makes me want to take breakfirst to home and you wood if you lived as we do

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Roen aok Island NC

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