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Transcription: 

[Schouler?] [Oct 27 61] [1]
Camp Lynnfield ma
Sunday at 7
Der wife i now write you a
Line or two to Let you now
how i am i got in to Camp
at Six oclock i Shall Come
down if i Can the Reg is near
full there is a good manney
of the old 8th in it i think
that you might come up
Someday and take a Look at
the Camp get mother to take
Care of the Children or Bring
nelley with you you Can Start
in the moring at Eight
get here at ten i told Jim
Marsehal to go and See if
you had anything to Send
up give my Love to all
Direct your Letter
Capt Harter Co
Camp Schouler
Lynnfield ma
Joseph Barlow

Footnotes: 
  1. Date appears written in later
Date: 
October 27, 1861
Collection: 
Joseph Barlow Collection

Author(s)

Joseph Barlow
Unit: 
Co. A, 8th Massachusetts Infantry; Co. I, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry
Rank: 
private; sergeant
Residence (County): 
Essex County, MA

Recipient(s)

Ellen Barlow
Residence (County): 
Essex County, MA

From

From State: 
Massachusetts
From Municipality: 
Lynnfield, MA
From Note: 
Camp Schouler

To

To State: 
Massachusetts
To Municipality: 
Newburyport, MA
To County: 
Essex

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Bambi Whitaker
Transcription Date: 
December, 2013
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
January, 2014

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