Jauary
Camps of Instruction the 14
Wel Jane I Set my Self this mornig
to Drop yo a fu lines to let yo no
that I am in the land of the
living but I ant Wel my back
hips and legs and feet paes me
So that cant hardley Stand
Sit or li I Went to the dcter
to be excused but he told me
that he did not excuse eny one
for paines but tha cant kil me
but one time I dont think that
I cod Walk 5 miles in the day I
hav got yor leter that yo Sent
by rusil I Was glad to her from
yo I Was Sory to her babe Was
Sick I am on easey about him
and Wil be til I hear from
yo again I Was Sory to hear of
the death of old aunt beckey
Jonson and also the deth of them
children this un just War Jo E Wesson
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Jain I Want yo to rit Son and
Sa Whether yo hav had the docter
With babe or not I Wil try to
git to com home as Son as I can
if yo hav got salt I Wod
like to hav the plazer of kiling
yo hog for yo and then to eat a
mes of back bone for We hav
hard living her bill Waters and
cosper is going to leav her and
go to the coosa bridg and I am
A going to try to git thar to if
I can to John and Wiliam yo
can com up With yo granpap if
yo mother is Wiling to it but I
am out of money and I dont no
how yo Wil pa yo Way maby
I Wil git to com home before
then to dudley yo must bee a
Smart boy and rase a Smart
dog and name him boss I Wil
Send houd[y] to yo Jain and al the
children no more on this Side
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Jain thar is nothing in
this camp but trouble and
dis Satsfaction 4 men has run a
Way from this camp this Weke
tha cot to of them and brot them
back and buct them down
like dogs til ther hands and
ar[m]s Was black as a pot I Want
to com home and make Som a
rang ments to hav a crop mad if
I can Jane I Wil Starv if I Sta her
but I dont Want yo Send yor
pervisias to me unles I Send for
it I Wil try to liv on What
tha giv me I Send my lov and
complimets al the rest of the
conextion and Wod be glad to
her from them at aney time
and also to her from aney of
the nabers So I Wil close by
A Sining my Self yor loving
husban until Deth So good
by for this tim Joseph E Wesson
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Jain if bab gits bad
of I Want yo to hav D R
powel and hav him
to rit to me tel al of
the children to bee good
So good by
J E Wesson