December 6^th 1862

 

Dear Father & Mother

I seat my self this morning to answer your very cinde letter that came to hand yesterday I hope thoes few lines will finde you all well as thank God they leave me enjoying the best of helth. You cant imagin the Joy that I expearanced yesterday when I received two such large letters yours and Sarahs it made me leap and jump for gladness and shed a silent tear for Jouy. You may think this strange but if you ware away from home and / friends as I am you could beter under stand it I dont wish you to think that I am complaining for I am dooing as well as any of the pore soldiers. it snowed and blowed and tore up Jack yesterday but it cleared up last night and the sun is shining very pleasant to day

 

I will now turn to your letter and in the first place say that I am a 1000 times a bliged to you for your goodness and trubble I am well satesfided with the way you disposed of my things. I never would have thought / that Silas would have done the way he has at the least Calculation he has got 190 bushells of my corn but that is rite I recon if it aint I hope it will be some time and as for my owing him any thing that is something I know nothing about. he seamed to think that you thought I was gon for life but it would not supprise me if he hadent better pray that it mout be so for if I am sparde to get back he will have to straten a few things. / You thought if I could se that instrument of riting it would make my blud boil I want you to send it for it cant make mee any mader than I was last week when I got Sarahs other letter she said he wanted hir to sign a libill it made mee so mad it would not of done for me to have saw Sil then, but a nuff of that We can talk thoes things over at length when I get back and I hope that will not be longe it is a General wish among the soldiers that the war would close I will close for this time I want you to be sure to rite soon and often you truly

Wm Forder to G & C Hubbard

 

and all the friends

 

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You requested me to sende Silases letter to you but I had don so before I got your letter I thought you would like to see it     So good by rite soon

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