Mary Francis Jones [1]
i want you to write to
mee when the last time
you hurd from paps folks
i havant hurd from in
a long time i havant rote
to him sence the batle at
murfreesborrow I hurd that
the Enemy was between
her an there sow i thout it
twas useless to wright but
uncle Wm ses tha ant nerer
than Corrent sow i will rite [2]
in a few days inow tha feel
bad a bout mee i want you
to write to thim tell thim
not to bee uneasey a bout mee
for it tont dew now good for
thim that rools all things
will give mee my just dews
let it bee good or bad i will
get my just dews i hope it
twill bee good to my poore
sole fore it needs all it can get
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to help it to a beter
world that is free from
sin i see moore sin an
weekness her in camps than
i eve saw in life before
it some times makes mee
trimels to her an see what
i do all tho iam weeked
my self i neede an want
the prairs of all Christen
people i hant hurd nary
surmont in five or six months
nor hant hurd nary prair
in the two month religeon
is all most gone down her
tha ant but few old
side babtes her i wish i
could heer uncle Tomey Norris
preach an pray or some other
primittive Babtis tha air
my faveret cind people
all way the same thing all
bleave the trew docktern
i bleave may the Lord bee
with us all a men &c
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Faney i will tell you
a bout the bad luck
wee had when Jaret gray
come wee lost all the things
he brought to us but one
blanke it had my name
on it i rckon it twas mine
but i sent you [word?] not [3]
to send mee any [more?]
Close [??????????]
get now more Comp[?????]
money i hav droad [???] close
i wood like to hav a par of
cose socks if you hav any
chance to send thim i hav
some socks yet faney i hav
some butens her that ant now
use to mee i heer tha are mity
high thar maby thay will
bee some use to you i will
send a lock of my hare to you
i hav got some of yourn an
Jimes hare i look a it ever few
day an think a heap of it
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Francis sen word to fayette
if you hav the chanc for i
i cant he write as often as
i can i will quit for a while
i will write a few more lines
i want you to draw of the
[bank?] the time is swifley
r[??] [??] an send it to mee
[?] [?] [?] it all i want
to [???] send mee some sowing
thr[ead?] if you hav any chance
an red peper if you hav it
send mee word if you kiled
aney of my shotes or how tha
look an if thay will bee any
pigs or not it tont bee now
harm an a bout the cows
an julian hav you send me
word wether you hav droad
aney thing or not i want you
to draw for all the time i
hav bin ou t if you can draw
aney thing you want if you can
William R Jones Mary F Jones * *