Fort Monroe VA
May 10th 1865
Dear Farther
I will try
and answer the kind
letter I got day before
yesterday and was
glad to no that all of
the folks are well
I never felt better
in my life then
I do at the present
time all of the Boys
that are from Newport
are well to Allen was
here night before last
on his way home he
can tell you how I
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look better then I
can I am going to
send you a picture
to se if you can tell
who it is and how it
looks I have bin
oute in the
country today
after a lod of
Hickery and I had
a nice time I tell
you that reseat
came in the right
time for one of my
roome Boys wanted
some of the madison
Bad tell Mr Bradbury
that I am a thousand
times Obliged to
him for it and I
will do as mutch for
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him sometime
Farther I think
I will be at home
by the last of
July for things
will be dul here
by that time are
they giving to hav
eny kind of a time
the 4th of July how
is wages this sumer
down ther
Bill is all right he
is stidey as a Mill he
dont drink eny thing
at all giv my
best wishes to all and
Wright soon

I.N.A McKay
Care Mr. Fulton Fort Monroe
Wage master VA