Hourdgrove Hospitle rihmon va
June the 14 1864 Dear companion
it is throug the tenderses of god that
I Seat mi Self to drop you A few
lines to let you Now that i am yet
a liven in the world and am glad
that i can Say it i am tarlibe well
at this time and I hop that these
few lines may come saife to hand
and find you an the children all
well and doing well at this time
Mi Dear I hant got a thing of intruse
to right to you at this time but
I wosh you all the good luck i can
and I hop that the time woant b
long till i can Sea you all wonst
mor in this life an be with you all
god hasen the time Spedy for
I want to Sea you the worst i evr
did in mi life but I doant
want you to think the time
long i want you to do the best
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you can untill i get back
an tack cher of the children till
I can come home I want you to
rigt to mea as Soon as you get
this leter for I hant had Nary
leter from you Sense i hav bin
her i want you to tell father
an Mother hody for mea an tell
them to right to mea as often
as tha can I want to her from
you all as often as i can I
want you to right to mea A
bout yo wheat wher it is any
Acount or not and i want
you to rigt to mea About yo
crops and the stock hough
tha ar giting A long i do want
to her from you all the worst
in the world So I must
come to a cloze for this time
So i remain yo husben untill Debth
D.H. Mitchell to Jane Mitchell