Jan the 7 1864 Dearlington So Ca
My Dear Aunt I seat My Self this
after noon to wright you afew
lines to let you hear from Me
those lines leaves us all well and
harty at this time except My self
I feal veary bad to day from seting
up last Knight Dear Aunt you
Must exuse Me for not wrighting
any sooner for I never got your
letter untell to day I have bin
hear amost two Month thar was
ayoung lady from charleston a
going to get Married She wont
Me to wate on hir and I don so
I am at dearlington CH to day but
I expeck to go home this after
noon granmother was hear the
other day She was well and harty
I hird from home to day and tha
was all well as common except
Brother James he is veary bad
off yet Dear Aunt I cante tell
you when I can go to see you
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but I inten to do som time
this spring if I live I have bin
awating to get some one to go
with Me part of the way but
I inten to go this Spring if I
hafter go by My self Dear aunt
I hope those few lines will soon reach
you and find you and famley all
well and harty I havante any
newes worth wrighting to you at
this time granMother
sente Me the note that you
sente in her letter She lives about
5 five Miles from Me Dear ant
you Must excuse My Short letter
and bad wrighting and wrighte to
Me as soon as you get this letter
and let Me hear from you and
how you ar geting along and let
Me know when you hird from
uncle wade and how he is geting
along and when you wright to
him you Must send My love
to him and tell him he Mus
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wrighte all So give My love to
cousin Elizer and cousin william and
tell them to wrighte to Me and let
Me Know What for chrismous
tha had and Wheather tha had any
paretys or not I have bin to severle
paretys sence I rote to you last I
have bin to three this week & I
Wente to one last Knight and
I am invited to a ball to Knight
but I cante go for I wante to go
home this after noon oh I in
Joyed My frinds a christmous times
tell cousin Elizr and cousin william
when I go out thear tha Must have
abig party and tha Mus have
ther sweets Harts thar so as I can
see them all to geather well
I think I have rote anuff about
sweets Harts and paretys I will
wright somthing elce
now Dear ant thar have bin
severls death sence I rote to you
las thar was one Man dide
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My pen is veary bad

weeke before last that live in
two hunderd yards uf us by the nam
of John Booth purhaps you Know
him and thomas young dide
about the same time he had [just?]
the yankees has had him ever
sence year befor last and he was at
home two weeke before he dide
Dear Ante I will Close as I
am in ahurry pleas wrighte to
Me and wrighte Me all the
newes and what the times is
out thar all so wright Me
along letter I will try and
wrighte alittle More the next
time I wright So nothing
More I remain your loving
neace untell Death

E E A Stewart
when this you see remember Me
tho Many amile aparte we be

pleas excuse bad wrighting for My pen
is veary bad