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                                                        23 1862
Convaslent hospitle Knoxville Tennessee nove
Dear Mother Brothers & sister Nancy & all i once more
Take the opertunity off riteing to you too Lett you
Noe at i am well as usel thoe my helth iss not
Good i am in hopes at when this comes to hand
It may find you all well dooing Like wise tho
I fear yow eant I expect to Send thiss Bye Gorge
Hannah 4 he promeise me at he will goe too Leagon
Soon ass he gitts home and Nancy he Sais at he wil
Stay all nite with you & treet him well &
Give hime Some Brandy to drink an lett hime
have one pint bee Sids iff you have it to Spar
And Larkins I want you to goe upp and See
[O?]ld Frank Hail and iff he is a comeing to See [1]
[?]obb I want you to Send me a quart & Some
Butter & poe tatoes you Can it will bee a grate
help to me for ever thing iss hye her Butter iss
Too to dollars & 50 cts a pound & eggs iss $1.00
per dosent Robert hail has bin verry Sic
Sick and iss pretty Bad off yet But a gitting
A good deal Better i think at he is ut off
Danger i Stay with hime a good deal
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He hass rote too his farther to Come to See
him and fetch hime Some tricks & money i
Want a few Bites from your hand iff you eney
Too Spare or & eney chance Thay iss orders in her
Now for every Man at is able to goe to his redgm
Too bee Sent rite off to it But i dont think
At i will bee Sent for i ent able now thoe
Iff i dont make noe other orangements i think
nk at i will Start to it in a bout 2 or 3 weeks
Soe i want you all to rite to me Soon & give me
All off the nues you have rite iff you have
Salt yett or not & how you are gitting a
Long & how your Stalk iss Dooing & how the
War is rageing & whot the peple thinks off [??] [2]
Now & money you rote too me at i dident [????]
How mean andy & op was but i want to noe whot
Thay have dun & how thay are dooing & iff a man
Treets you or Mother or my Sister a miss i want you
Too Lett me noe it bee Shore & i give him a mark
At he will never rubb out rite me all off the
nues & how Famiel iss come ing on Soe i close with
mi Best respects too all mother i think you
mite rite to me & Farther Davis i have rote
you once or twise David Matthews