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Newbern N C
June the 24th
Dear Wife
yours of the 15th i got on Sunday
afftirnoon So i got two Letters Right
off i Should Like to Get one any
day from home oh how i Should
Like to Se Baby this morning i
Shant get get Sun Struck i Look out
for that dont do your work to
quick wait and get Strong Be Care
full of your Self i Suppose that
nelley i[s] Pleased with the Baby
and Lissy to yes i want you to
have a good Place to Live in no
more Cribs if it takes all to
Pay the Rent Look out for the Children that they dont get
the Scarlet fever i Se By
the Herald that it is making
Sad work in Some famliy
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dred the Last of July [???]
the fever and ague [????]
i Expect we all will [????]
But it is very healthy here now
for So many Troops we Expetc
to here of a Blooddy Battle Being
fought at Richmond Before
many days i hope that
gen McClennan [1] will drive
them to the other world
i Se By the Paper that the Regt
dont fill up very fast it
is all well enought to [???]
to go to washington for a month
why dont Bartlet and his
Company go i dont Call
them Patriots they dont Like
the Bullets and Shels [Lester?]
Johnson is in Boston Enlisting
men for the 23 th and i will
tell you what i thought
of tell mother that Frank
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Can Be taken out of the County
house and Enlist in this Regt
it would Be a good thing for
him and i Shall write to
mr waite at ipwich about
it for he is getting men for
this Company if we dont
get home Before Cold mother
i dont want to Come till
next Spring But i hope that
this war will Be ofer By
fall But we Cant tell it
Looks as though it would
Last till next Spring well
Let [us?] hope for the Best
Ned gurneys furlough has Ben
out he is a deserter Marshall
has got his Extended how is
Tom i had a Lot of Ripe Figg
the other day i Should Like to
Send you Some But they
would Rot Before they
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there you Can Send Babys
Pitchure in a Letter it
will Be Light well i
will Close By the
way i got 8 Papers
in the mail give my
Love to all

from your
Husband
Joseph Barlow