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Transcription: 

S Charlton Bradley Ct Tennessee [1]
Mrs Mary Francis Jones this is the
forth time that ihav had the plesur
of wrighten to you it dos my poore litle
sole good to hav the plesure of wrighten
to you for iknow that you love to her
from mee if i cant her from you i hav
not herd aword from you since ileft
home ony Mat and J R Shelton got aleter
from thar wives tha come by hand tha
sed that tha was all well iher that
tha is agood many leters at Chattanooga
for this Redgiment tha wont send thim
to us ryley ses for you to tell his wife to
nit him a pair of gloves not thim like his
old ones tell Wm and John that tha had
beter come as soon as tha can not that i want
thim to come but for thar good Fania i
wish that you had a bin her to a hopeme
a eat a peich pye of my one mak ihav
two apple pyes in a big uven iwant
you to wright to mee as soon as you can i
will send this with out paying for it
maby you will get it Good bye for this
time William Riley Jones to M F Jones &

Footnotes: 
  1. the following two letters may be continuations of the previous letters. They were written at Charleston, Tennessee in late August, 1862.
Date Note: 
August 1862

Author(s)

Unit: 
Co. G, 41st Alabama Infantry
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL

Recipient(s)

Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL

From

From State: 
Tennessee
From Municipality: 

To

To State: 
Alabama

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Michael Ellis
Transcription Date: 
April, 2013
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
July, 2013

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