South caolina June the.27.18.62
Laurens district
Dear Son I onst
more seat my self to drop
you afiew lines to let you
know that we ar all tolera
ble wel onley yoar mothere
she is stil very poarly hir
helth is wirs this summer
than it ever was tho she
stil tries to keep up and
about I hope that those
fiew lines will find you
well and dooing well I hav
rot too letters before this
that you stated in yoar
last letter that you had
not reseived but I hope
that you hav got them
before now we are getinon
tolerable well with our wirk
we hav had avery bad chane
the spring has bin so wet
that we hav not bin done
planting long we hav the
botoms all in good fix now
we hav plowd them over
and will get don hoing them
to day I hav got them plases
cleand up an planted it
helps the looks of them
very much I hope that
you will get to cum an sea
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me and them too before lond
I want to hear from you the
last letter that I got from
you was rot the sixtenthe
before the battle was faught
on the island tho I hav sean
letters from thare since
the battle I started you
aletter last saturday and
wold be glad to know whither
you got it or not and also
I had sent one to adams Run
that you had not reseived
rite amediately and let me
know whither you hav got
them or not and dont fail
to rite if you dont get leters
from home it is becaus tha ar
not forward for I rite evry
weak mostley of afrday
when I am starting to the
vilage I shal look for a letter
evry weak aneyhowe and
if aney thing new turns up
oftener giv my respects
to all inquiring friend and
retain a potion for yoarself
and doo the best you can
for yoar self watch and
pray leas yea enter in to
temtation I stil remain
as ever yoar afectionat father
til death J M Culbertson