Jackson Missippia June 23
1863
Dear compan it is
a gin [???????????????] [1]
of that all it is [Glad?] that
i am yet spared to [write?]
to you to let you now
that I have not forgot
to write to you [???] [???]
you see that i am well
at this time [???] [???]
when thos few lines com
to hand that tha may
find you an Jimey both
well at this time Dear wife
I will say to you that I
am agoin to send you
twenty Dollars of money
by Mr Ashcraft he will
cary it to Bailies Neighbors
[??] then he will bring it to
unkel Thomas Norris then
you can get it from thim
eny time ther is Forty Dollars
of money in this leter [?] ther
is twenty Dollars of it
is for you Pa the rest
of it is for you i will quit
for this time W R Jones
To M F Jones
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The State of Mis June 23 1863
Dear Father it is agin
threw the kindness of
that all wise God that
i am yet spared to writ
to you to let you no
that we are all well at
this time & hop that when
thes fiew lines come to
hand that they may
find you all well &
a doing well at this
time & to let you no
that I am well at a goin
to sende you twenty
Dollars of Mony to you
for you I have got more
than I want to ceape
at the present time
& I thinke that it is
the bettr plan for me
to don do at the pres
ant time so that is
all that is nesessary for
me to writ a bout this
time so I will come to
a close for this time so
writ as soon get this mony [?]
be certin to tell [??????]
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