Vance65
Transcription:
High Point N C March the 11 [18]63
Mr Vance
my husband is in the army
and has been there one yeare
and never been at home in
time of it I have five
little children to suport
and nothing to go upon
I have asked every
that I [??] and I am
sufering I have nothing to
eate but bread and wery
little of that there is plenty
of provision in this place
but the they will not let
me have a pound of meat
nor a bushel of corn
and I dont know what to
do next I thauht I would
write to you and see if you
could do somthing for me
very Respt
Ann Mccomicke [1]
Footnotes:
- Aaron F. McCormick (b. ca. 1832), was cabinet maker by trade and served as a private in Co. K, 45th NC Inf. At the time of the 1860 Census, he and his wife, Ann (b. ca. 1836), were living in Guilford County with their four small children.
Date:
March 11, 1863
Collection:
Recipient(s)
Transcription/Proofing Info
Transcriber:
Andrea Cudworth & Michael Ellis
Transcription Date:
October, 2011
Proofer:
M. Ellis
Proof Date:
November, 2011
