Brotherton45

Transcription: 

January the 24 Day 1865

Dear Son i take pen in hand to
Let you no that we ar All well
at this tim hoping thos few
Lins will find well So i close
Thomas Brotherton
to William h Brotherton


[At the time of the 1870 Census, William H. Brotherton was making his living as a farmer in Lincoln County. He and his wife, Nancy, and their two young children were neighbors of his father, mother, and sister and his grandmother, Polly Howard, who was 85 at the time.]

Date: 
January 24, 1865

Author(s)

Residence (County): 
Catawba County, NC

Recipient(s)

Unit: 
Co. K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Catawba County, NC

From

From State: 
North Carolina
From County: 
Catawba

To

To Note: 
Not listed

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Andrea Cudworth
Transcription Date: 
October, 2011
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
November, 2011

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