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                                                                                                Hammond Hospital Sep

 

Dear Sister

                        I recieved your letter the 4^th inst and was muched pleased to hear that you are well and enjoying yourself so much while I am here in this hospital and have been for one munth without going out side so to speak I ask the Dr. for my cloth this morning he said that I could have my pants but must not go out in the sun to much as my eyes looked to much like skim milk he said that if I did I would have the ague and fever I am glad to say that there was nothing taken out of the box every thing came safe and sound / I got my shair of the syrup I have nearly three pints left so that I shall have the full benefit of it after all you have undoubtedly hird of my situation long before this by mothers and Patchens letters since I wrote them I have changed my mind somewhat and instead of deserting just now I have postponed it to some time in the future probaley it will never occur I am going to try and get into the veteren calvary that is being raised in Newbern at this time if I am sucsessfull I shall have but about two years longer to serve and that with credit to myself and the army once out of this I shall know how to act and / conduct myself For three or four days past it has been quite cold so much so that I have been obliged to go to bed to keep warm Pleas tell George that I should like to have him write to me and send some postage stamps if he can possibly spair the time say on some rany day for I suppose that his sundays are ocupied with paying perticular attention to Miss Lucy Barnes or some other yound lady about her sise

 

Pleas excuse all mistakes

                                                                        From your brother

                                                                                    Tim. Parsons

To Harriet L. Parsons

                        Newfield

                                    N.Y.

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