White hous Landing July 4^th/63

 

Dear Wife

                        I seat my self under the shade treas of a splended which surround a Rebs hous who desurted his home long a go, in order to saive his life and famelly. I should think he by the looks he was rich as a jew. there is 10 buildings on the place besides the hous. he must have had lots of Slaves, every farmer has from 25 to 100 slaves you never saw the Blackburies so thick as they wer when the Reg came here. you can judge some thing about it, over 8 hundred men had 3 or 4 quorts a piece, and mulburies ar vary thick in the woods. they taste vary much like plumbs. I have not seen as rich a contry since I left York State/

 

well I have just received a kind letter from you, the furst one I have had in over two weaks. it was dated the June 30^th so I know you and my dear little boy is well as useual. I wish I wer there to help you and bubby pick strawburies I guess we would have nice times, do not you. you say, I guess Edwin is nevver a going to write to me. what has become of him and where is he now, and the rest of the Almond folks. I scarcely evver hear from home onley by your most welcom letters, which I like to get every day but I cannot expect you to write as often as that. we ar all well and the boyes seam to enjoy themselves furst rate. we might as well as to feal bad, for fealling bad will not help the matter any/ but it is as you say, some will live to to return home. but I say there will no more dey die here than at home. you ask me if I want any bosums in my Shurts I guess not for they would look a good deal better if there was some in. if you put any in let them be of the same kind of cloth and good long bosums if you put any in, and good long flaps faps. you can make them so when we get our pay I can send you money to send me a small box, and have money to buy what you nead. have you got you any dresses yet pleas let me know. we have just mustard for two months more pay, so we have 4 months pay due us now. so when we get our pay we shall have 52 dollars. tell Elish Stillman I think I had better keep what/ few pine treas there is, for if it is my good luck to return home I shall nead them to build with and if Lorrance wants them Shingal he can have them. you may have what he gives you for them. but I must end for this time, for I cannot think of any more to write now. ans soon, excuse all poor spelling and writeing. tell amy to write as oten as she can. give my love to all our folks, and keep a good shair of it to your self and bubby. this is from your husband

 

                                                            Albert R Whitney

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