Springfield Coal Pitts
May 24 the 1863 Dear Sister I
Seat My Self this Morning to Write
you A fiew Lines to Let you
hear from Me I am well at
the preasant time an in hopse
When these fiew Lines Come to
hand they May find you an
all injoying the same Blessing
Sister [I] wrote to you so eight
ot ten days a go an have
knot heard eney thing of it
you wrote Me Word that
Mr Lane had Let Mama
have that Moneny I wrote
you word what to tell Mr
Lane to do you wrote Me
word had that Mama had give
him A receit for the Money as
[I] wrote you Before Tell Edward
Make Mama give him his Bond
for it in My name an you
keep the Bond Sister as I writen
you bfore an [?] havent se[??] [2]
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eney ancer yet Must
Bring My letter to A Cll Close
By saying you Must Write
Soon an write Me all the
nuse sister I am Comeing
home in September an I want
you to have Me a stript Cotton
shirts by that time have it nice
for I want it to war to See
the girls I have My oon
fun with the girls hear I have
got a Quined with a good Men
ey girls dwon hear some verry nice
people an some of the fastest
sort I have no nuse More
then we go to Sunday School
evry Su[n]day Sister you Must
write soon give My Love to
all the firls an Tell them god
Bless nothing More at preasant
I Remain your affectionate
Brother untell John C. Collins

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