Jackson Miss
June the 29 1863
Mrs Mary F Jones Dear wife it tis
once more thriew the cind providence
that i am permited to drop you a
few lines to in form you that
i am in joying very good helth
at the presant time an i hope these
few lines may reach your cind
hands safe & find you an my litle
darling well & all the wrest of the
famley injoing the best of gods
blessing helth is one of the best
blessing that god has bestode on me
man cind dear companion i [??] [1]
grate satesfaction reseaved [??]
[?] fore leters from you sence [??]
[?] her i was glad to her that [??]
[?] James & the wrest of the f[????]
well & to her that sister [???]
had got a leter from Paps f[?????]
to her that thay was all [????]
but was sarey that thay are
Sow pesterd with the yanks i fear
that if tha make aney thing that
the yanks will take it all from
thim an cause thim to suffer for
something to eat an ware two
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Faney i hav got one leter from
J W F & A J Jones & T B Reynolds
one from W J Brock in Va tha
are all well but Brock he had had
his Sholdir knocked out of plase
by a bum shell in the last
fight tha all sed for mee to
send you thare best respects i
also got one from S E Gilpen i hav
bin blest with leters sence i bin
her francis cousen Joseph South has
bin her to see his brothers an to
see a bout A J Dodson things he
[??] he dide the 18 inst at maredien
[???] was sarey to her of his death [2]
[????] South ses that he is [??]
[????] hartley out wher pap li[?]
[????] that he had hurd from
[????]lks lately an thay was [??]
[????] francis i sent word to Wm
[?]bster to go or send his notedown
to you an you wood pay it off i
want you to keep 15 or 20 dolars by
you for that purpurs i sent 20
dollars an Wm sent 20 by Mr ashcraft
he sed that he wood hand it to
balious Nabers or T J Norris sou
you could get it A B C D E F G
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Dear Companion i reseaved that
hart an Flowres leters you sent to
mee i intend to keep it as long as i
can for i now it tis some of your work
an i now what you wrote a bout it
is the truth i now you hav the
best wishes of my hart o faney if
i could see you i could tell you moore
in one hour than i can write on paper
tongue cant tell the feelings i
hav towards you an my darling
Boy you wrote sorter like you wanted
to come to see mee you can do just
as you pleas i wood bee glad t[???] [3]
you but her is now place [?????]
[??] a woman still some has [???]
[?] her to see thare thare H[???]
i will tell you how b[?????]
it tis from five to 8 doll[??]
it twill cost one 13 dollars [???]
from Columbus her by Car if [??]
do come try to bring pervisions a
nuff to do you back home for tha
ant now chance to git aney thing
to eat or to stay a hardley sow
you can consider things an do as
you pleas as fare as i [am concurned?]
dont think hard of mee fo writin this
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kiss my Babe for mee if you pleas
Good by Jimey one time more
Faney you sed for mee to send
you word wether i had got that song
balled you sent to mee i got it an was
glad to get it it makes mee fiel bad
to read it tell uncle G W Norris
i hav rote to him a time or two
give him my best respects also
T J Norris an thare famley an all
the Conection an friends faney i
was glad that you all hav made good
crops of wheat an rye an had sech prety
pospects for corne crop an potatoes you
Sed for us to send word what sort
cloths wee neede as fore my self
[????] neede nothing wee can get
[????] from the goverment cheep
[???]ou can make thim my [???]
[????] will last mee nerley al[???]
[????] sumer tell pap he can com
[???] us aney how an you can come
[wi?]th him aney if you wish to i wont
cear for the cost of it i onley hav fifteen
dollars at th[i]s time tell pet i will send
hur a balid if i can get it in time
tell pap an Mother to pray for mee
an i now you will do all in your power
may god bless you is the prair of your
best friend on this earth Wm R Jones