St Augustine fla          May 1 1862

 

dear dator and son

                                                                                                            I take this present time to let you no that I am well and hope that thes few lines will find you the same you hant sent me that bear wacks yeat send me some news papers to read to take my tenson from evry thing that goin on hear corn stans as tall as your wast now hear cabeg bets crits and all such stuf plenty hear we are goin to be paid of to day then I shal send some money home I got the leter rot to send it home in to you mother I think that we shal all be at home befour long now be a good girl and boy til I come

 

                        rit as soon as you get this

                        your father from him to

                        his loved dater and son           J. S. Corliss

                                                                        M E Hastings

                                                                        J N Hastings

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