landing
June the tenth White hous [1]
i have Just resieved the letter
that you rote and was very glad
to get it my dear wife and child
how hapy i Shood be to see you agane
but that cant be at the presant
if it cood how soon i whood be
there O Jane how meny times
a day i do wish to See you and
my dear hanah an the but
when that time dos com
then we Shall now it you
wan to now what to do with
Sell them and Sell the hors
and wagen for som thing
be caus it will be hard for you
to winter them Seel the
Sheepe and save hiring
paster if you can my dear
wife how long Shell
it be before we meete
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i do hope not long
before we Shall See one
another agane i Shall
be to home this fall i do think
may be fore you thnk dont
worey so mutch for it
dont help the matter
eny you now that well
I have got to move to
day and when i shall
right agane i dont now
meby not very soone
for when we ar in battle
w[e] hante the privilleg to
right i have got the list
of all of the drafted in town
John T Morley is [cetchet?]
and Cristerfor Crandail
is drafted [an line?] hill
well i must say that i do
feele sorey for eny one
to hafto sufer here
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[?????] D[?????]
[?????] it is that
i cant see you but i must
Stand it So you must
do as i do ceepe it out of
minde as mutch as can
i do dream of home mos
eavery night donte
greve [????????]
now when i do get
a chants to right i shell
but you cant grumball
for i have rote eavery
day to you sense i have
bin here and now i have
got to Stop for no male
gose from ritchmond
i am to[???] i will right
of ton as i can Send
i do want to See you
so bad it make me most
Sick and i dont
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i dont feele right
well the climet
dont agree with
me here
Jane ths morning
i did bi Som Cakes
and chese what i did
want to eat and it cost
me fore dollars it was
the first mouthful
that i tasted in there [2]
days for mi aptite is so bad
that i cant eat and i am
quite poore now
So no mor at presat
good by Daniel
Daniel, B, Lee