St Augustine fla March 12 1863

 

                                                                        dear dater and son

I take my pen in hand to let you no that I am well at present and hope that these few lines will find you the same all things are quiet hear now I cant rit much now but corn is six or seven leavs hight now hear oring treas are blosem out I send you some blosums now hear so you can see some of them send me some of your ced corn in a leter when you rit again so that I can plant it hear to see how fast it will grow hear dont fore git to send some will you /

 

I hope that you and John has found the lord to be presus to your soul I never see the nead a savour so much in my life as I do now fore he is all the frind that I have out hear there is peas in heavin and Joy in the holy gost you may think strang that of my ritin so much a bout the lord but I wish I cod rite more about him I must clos hopin if we no more met on erth that we shal met in heaven to prais god fore ever and ever

a man              J S Corliss

                        M E Hastings

                        J N Hastings /

 

rite as soon as you get this

 

I go to metin

evry night when

I ant out on gard

o glory glory to

god glory to his

son Jesus Crist fore

Ever and Ever aman

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