[1] New york April 24th 1864
Dear Mother I thought I
would sit down and write you
a few lines to let you
know that i am well and
hope these few lines will
find you the same i have
been in new york a week and
i rather be in Jale than here
i have been in one house about
all the while i rather live any
where else than in the city. it
is a lonesome place i guess you
will see me in about a week
if not before i hante a soldier
after all i dont think i
shall try it again when
i get home i wouldt give
a shit to go in this
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ridgement any how they desert
faster than they can get them
i left your [rubbers?] to [leeks?]
finches and the coat to [genetts?]
i told them to give them to
some of the folks when
they seen them they said
they would so i suppose
you have got them i have
been to take a walk down
to the river to see the ships
and steamboats their thicker
than a [hare?] on a dog along
the shore i dont know as i
can think of any more
so good by you may rite as soon as you get this
direct your letter
to new york
put [532?] [broad?] [???]