Camp Marcy
Sunday Jen 26 18.62
Dear wife
I take the pleasure
of wrighting a few
lines to let you
now that we are
all well hoping thease
few lines will finde
you all the same
I am sending thease
few lines on a
count of this money
I will sende you
ten dollers in this
letter I will sende
you five or ten in
my next I do not
want you to wright
till next weeke
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that is next sunday
you will hav all that
money by that time
I feele verey sorey fore
ned crowther and several
others of the married
men thay ware sendin
all thay could well
[apear?] it was sargen
wilsone that run of[f]
witch that money
he stopt witch us
we could hav trusted
him witch anney thing
but money is tempting
but he got verey
queer bee times It
was more by good
luck then good
manegement that
he did not get mine
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he must be a raskell
that would rob anney
mans famley of thar
onley suporte it will
not do fore the men
to come a cross him
I got our aney and
Ricerd letter
the weather hear two
day has bin verey
fare it is almoste
boote deepe in mud
so that soldering verey
hard just now
I will sende you
the rest in a day ore too
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your affectenate
Husband Willaim
Band To his
Wife Mary
Aann Band