Nobember 16 1862

 

Dear Brother

            I take this presant time to inform you that we are all well at this presant time and hope these few lines may find you enjoying the same good health i got your letter last night and was glad to here from you and to here that you are enjoying your self down south i thought that you had forgoten you us i could not here any thing from you i never seen but two of your letters the 1 and the last one you sent them they never said a word / a bout you if we did not ask them we have lost lost our baby since you left he died six weeks to day your folks is all well at presant they have rote three or four letters to you; fathers folks is not very well mother is sick in bed they all send their best respects to you it is very hard times out there now every thing is up to the hiest notch i dont want you this to be the last one write often and the little ones sends a kiss kiss to you and they wants you to send a christmast presant to them i haint mutch to rite this time but i send my love and well wishes to you  write soon

 

so good by

Mary Jane Albright

 

Wm O Albright                                   

 

i am glad to hear that you have got prayr meeting down there /

 

it is raing very hard now

 

Dear Brother

i take this presant opertunity to let you no that whe are all well at presant and i hope that thease few lines may find you the same James tippin has went to war again he went as a substitute for Bill Lash he paid him 1.66 Dollars to go in his plase and then he got 1.42 Dollars bounty; he is in the 10 Ohio Cavalry; and Bill Butts hase bean taken prisnor and sent home he said he was taken about 35 or 40 miles from Louisville he said that he was sick / and on his way back to Louisville, and now if i can get a chanse in any of the hospitals down theair to help take cair of the sick and wounded why i will come down theair right off, and i want you to tell me if theare is any chance and tell me all about it and and let me no as soon as you get this letter fore i am in a hury to go before thay draf up heare fore thay are agoing to draft up hear the 1 of next month fore i wont be drafted, so good by from your Brother Jacob G. Albright

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