Washington Township
Feb. the 26th 1865

Dear Friend Peter
your Leter of the 22th
is Resieved and y
find with Pleusure
that you are all
well yet and y
have to ynform
you that y am in
the same State of
good Halth and
all the orther fokes
our only hope is
to see you soon
home again in goot
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Halth y see in
your Letter that
you will have an
Examination on
Monday and we
wish you could stay
there all the time
one bee Disgarged [1]
and com home you
[???] about the shop
you have to do in
the Hospitel that
you claine and make
[Line?] y thing you
ofton Remember fiety
and bee glad that
shee hase leand you
the Work futher
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y late you know
that Mary and
the young Soldiers
giting along very
well and S[??]y the[y?]
the Work fur here
Old William Remely
is poorer now then
hee hase been and
Josua es sick too
Josua hase Resieve
a letter from Will
iam laste Week he
hase send Lidy a
Little Book and
a Vest for Thomas
without the Bak =
site and y Wish
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to know if you
Ware such Vest
With out a Baksite
y have to com to
a close and hope
this few lines may
find you in the
same State of good
Halth we Remain
Yours respectfully
I Adam Ritter
Fiedy Ritter
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