[in another hand]        1908

                                    1863

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                                        20                                                    Weyauwega July 3^rd 1863.

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My own dear Frank

                                    Your very kind letter came to hand yesterday & I was so glad to hear from you. had not received a letter from you in a week. even one week seems a long time to wait but you are so good to write. I will not say one word.

 

            Frank do you imagine I can wait five years before seeing your dear face? oh my! I cannot bear the thought. it is really too bad you cannot come home. but never mind dear Frank we cannot forget each other though seperated for years & years.

 

            Tomorrow is my birth-day & don’t you wish you were here to whip me twenty years old. almost an old maid I fear by the time you return from the war I will have lost my teeth & look / awful but remember, this heart will remain the same true one.

 

            While reading your letter yesterday I was so pleased & had you been listening you could have heard me laugh. I do believe what a Frank you are. I guess you must be afraid of me the reason you stay so far away oh dear you are a funny boy indeed

 

            We are having beautiful showers to-day so refreshing. the earth had become so parched that rain was very improble. God knows what we need & I have so much confidence in Him for he is very good. trust in your Savior Frank always.

 

            Well when & how are you going to spend the fourth? I hope you will have a right good time. I have not decided yet where I shall go. I have been invited over to Mr Colberns about two miles north of Weyauwega but do not know for a certainty whether I can go / If I cannot I shall probably go the to Waupaca to the celebration.

 

            Mr Pound invited Millie Baldwin & I to go over to Mr Colberns. his mother did died on the fourth of July & he never feels like going to a celebration on that day. there are no young ladies over to Mr Colberns but a young gentleman & a good one too. he is so pious. we all esteem him highly as a friend. I visited Nellie G— yesterday afternoon & enjoyed myself very much. her sister (Mrs Knapp) from Marquette is visiting her I tell you Frank it seemed like meeting an old friend to meet Hatty Knapp for if there ever was two good ones in the world it is Hattie & Nellie. all that is lacking is religion.

 

            I have not heard from sister Sarah since she left though I am anxious she was not at all well had been quite sick presume I shall hear soon.

 

            Please remember me kindly to our friend Mr Glendening. I suppose he is an intimate / friend of yours & you know your friends are mine. consequenty I am going to claim Mr G— as my friend though I am so little aquainted with him. will you tell him for me that Nellie told me he commenced some poetry for me. I should be delighted to have him send me some by you or Nellie I have several pieces since I received yours.

 

            Well Frank my boy I cannot think of any more to write at present & then I expect company this afternoon so I guess I will close & if you do not stop telling about taxing my patience with long letters I will scold oh you dont know how much. all join with me in sending much love to you so good bye & write soon to

 

                                    Your own affectionate                                                Funny girl

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