…deel of missery Shee want [tear] to remember her in yore [tear] ays for She dont forget you [tear] all hur aflictions we hope when [tear]ns com to hand tha may find you [tear] well deer son i receid your kind letter datid thee 4 day of this month and was glad to hear from you and ritte ann rote to mee the 5 day and wee was glad to hear from them too now i will tel you a bout the soldiers in kentuky tha have sufferd in the mud and wet and has had som very harde fiteing too and is gowing onn yet wee understand in too tennesee to take it too /

 

hee usetto complane nee [tear] neare Clarks burg in da[tear] County amy lives near own[tear] burg inn green County

 

Sally Shee lives with us yet tell rittee ann when you rite to hur that wee hant forgot hur yet nor them little children nether nor never expets too in thee world your pore old mother troble all most more then shee is able to bare som tims in one plse and then in some other pate of her boddy or in her lims all the tim in misserey day and nite all the time forever more

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