Sullivans Island S..C..
Aprial the 3rd 1862
Dear Father I Seat My Self
this eavning to drop you A few Lines to
Let you No how I am geting on
I received your kind & enteresting Leter
of the 30 whitch I was glad to hear from
you & to hear that you was all well
& I also Received the Cloths that you Sent by
W. T. James I will Say to you that I am
under Many obligatiens to you for them & if I
ever draw Money A gain I will pay you well
for them, you wrote wanting to No if they
was Large enough for Me they jest fite
Me precisely the Shirts & draws is worth ten
Dollars I will write you A List of what thing
you have Sent to Me
two pair of Draws $5..00 the total A Mont you have
two Shirts 5..00 Sent to Me is twenty
one pair of pants 5..00 Six Dollars Now I
three pair of Socks 1..50 will write the worth
one bedtick 1..50 of what I have
Send provisiens 5..00 to you
wescoats 3..00
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one Conch Shell 20cts one Ambrotype
$300 Dollars one Photograph 25 cts
the Total amount I have Sent to you
is $45..70 cts & it is thought that we
will draw A gain Next week then I
think I Can Send to you twenty five
Dollars
April the 17th 1862
Dear Father I Seat My Self to drop
A few More Lines though I havent
time to write I will Send this
by H R hues
thes Lines Leaves Me wll
I writ you A nother Leter A
Sunday write Son to your
Soon Wm.. T. Martin
Oliver Martin