the
Januarey 25 1863
My Dere wife i wonce more tak
my pen in hand to in form you that i am
well at this time and i hop these few lines
wit find you injouening the sam blesing i hav
rought severl letters and i hav not recived non
from you and i am verey unnesa for i want
to hear from you verey mutch and noe how
you ar a gitting a long and whether that you got
that paper i sent to you i sent a quare of paper [1]
for you sed that you coold git no paper up thare
and i want to no whether mister war has got John
or not and let me no whether that you have heard
from Sidney lately i sent you that paper so that
you coold right and let me noe how you are a gitting
longe for i am one of the lonesumist of the human rase
now when you git this letter doo right and let me noe
that you ar a live and let me noe whether hav enney chanc
to rent the plase out or not and let me no what you hav
don with the mare if you can ceep hur i wood think
that it wood be best for i dont lik the plan of letting
out horsis for i hav had bad luck with all the horsis thate
everlet out but if you cant ceep hur let mister hill have
hur if you can ceep hur till i com hom i shold lik it verey
mutch but Doo the best you can i think that i shal com
in march if nothing happens ceep up good currig and
tak good care of youer self and tel caladona to doo the
same i think that you hav monney a nuff to ceep you both
til i doo com hum if mister has not got John tel him
that i wich that he wood git him and ceep him till i com
hom and i will pay for his truble giv my compla
mentes to all in quaring frendes and may god bles youall
so fare you well my bluved wife
S L Fuller