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Baldwen Miss Sept 25”
Dear Betty it is now past 10 oclock
I have just finished cooking my rashins
and seat my self to inform you that
I am well at this time and hope this may
find you injoying the same and may God
still bless you in that respect and in all
others. I have noth new to write to you
at this time. I think we will leave
hear to morrow morning but I do not
know where we will got ot it may be
we will got to corrinth and may be
to Holley springs I know not where
for sertain but let me go where we may
I hope God will go with me and sus-
tain me it may be some time before I
hear from you a gain but I hope not.
I would be contented to go if I thout you
would not truble for me you must be
contented & make your self hapy and take
good cear of the children and rais them
right to love searve God. I feal
like I want to help to drive the yankes back
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from our land it is awful to see the mis-
chief theu are doing hear in this country
then we can be a hapy people
Tell Mrs Johnson I think of her
and her folks every day and would like
to see them and if the yankys get down
there she must send her negroes off. I
recon they take a heap of them of[f] with
them. tell her to make her self easy
tell Octavia I will write to her as soon
as I get time. tell Willa to be a good
boy and keep good company and I send
him and Henry a prety to put on ther
hats. I have not seen Mr Ha[????] yet
will see him in the morning. Billy W[??]
and Mr. Boyd are gone to the hospitle at
Okolona Thomas is well at this time
Mr Andrews says you all have not heard
from us yet I wrote a letter when I left gu-
ntwon and at Iuka and when I got hear at this
place. nothing more at this time but remain
your husband till death. write as soon
as you can by hand good by hony J. J. Davis