Military Prison, Irving Block

                                                                                                            Memphis Tenn

Rev Z. H. Whitemore—                                                                                 May 7^th 1864

            Dear Sir:—     I am a Mason, and being informed that you are one, I do not hesitate, under my present circumstances, to inform you that, I have been imprisone a prisoner of war for four months, and am in need of a suit of clothes, a h[paper hole] and blanket, and am without the means of [paper hole]sing mo[paper hole].

 

                                                                        I am, dear Sir, Fraternally yours &c.

                                                                                    J. K. Street Chaplain

                                                                                                14^th Texas Cavl. (C.S.A)

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