After

dinner

Same day

June 25

 

well Ruth

i write a good many letters but but they are badly written and not verry good any how but such as i have i give unto thee. i do know one thing and that is i am tierd of soldiering yes thats so and i want to go home and i will go / that is as soon as i can but it is hard to get a discharge these times well i must be resined to my lot and live the life of a cristian soldier and when it is my time to leave this world of trouble and sorrow i hope to share the gloryes of the better land, whare sorrow never comes, whare the tree of life is blooming whare ever lasting pleasure never dies…meet me there

                                                                        John Scoville 

 

this life twill soon fade away these earthly joys how fleeting they are but it is our duty to spend our days in usefulness and strive to fit our soles for death, that we may ware a crown of glory and be whare Jesus is. O how i long to be with my little family again yes it would cheer my lonely heart yes…well my heart tis sad and drear but tis all rite i diserve punishment 

 

Send me all the news now Phy keep the garden well hoed and do all you can for your poor Mother She has a harde lot and all you can do for her comfort will lessen her trouble. Lol you must do all you can for her too and be a good affectionate child i hope i will be with you before long. be of good cheare

                                                                        John G Scoville to

                                                                                    Ruth Scoville

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