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meals the roorm this morning thea have a tiget to fire at when we come off of gard the one that makes the best shot is excuse from the next gard duty thea have a big tiget to fire the canon at a mild from the fort to fire shal shels at thea will bust rite over the tiget when the shell bust the pieses fli every way I shoud like to rit more if I had time to

 

rit as soon as you get this                                            yours in love

 

                                                                        John S Corliss /

 

I thot that I had got to a close but I must rite more I had a new hampshere super you wood think it was if you knew I had rosted potatoes and fried eggs wheat bread and tea to drink and I cooket my silf so you must think how much it tasted like New Hampshere super dont fore get to rite how the rest of the famely is or was when you was when you at home rit as son as you get this / mail your leter to me in this way

 

 

Mr John S Corliss

            tortugas fla

            fort Jefferson

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