Cumberland gap Tennessee May 20..1862
My Dear Wife I Seat my

Self down to inform you that I ame well
at this time hoping that these few lines
may find you all well and doing well
I Reseived your letter last nite dated May
16 1862 with grate Joy and Satesfaction to
heare that you are all well I want you
to See if you cant Rite a littel more the
next time I hardley ever git aletter from you
and then thare is none of it it looks to
me like you mite Rite a littel more at atime
and you never stated wither you got eny but
one of my letters or not or what date the one
was you did get I would always like to no fore
I Rite one or two every weak and I would be glad
to no wither you git them or not you Stated
that tha was a Mis Robinson that took out your
letters & Red them I have Sent 2 letters home with
money in them to pay the postege I pade the
first & Sent money in it to pay the next
So that you will have one ahead the other I Franket [1]
the other them was the last two I Rote I thought
that tha would be more Sirten to go when
tha wasent paid you need not Send no more
paper til I Rite fore it I would be glad you would Rite
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over as much as you Sent I want you to be Shore
when you ansur this letter to Rite how meny you
have got cence I came to the gap & if you git 2 a
weak ansur them both at once I Rote 3 to William
P Kircus and he Sade he did not git but one I heard
from him the other day he is on the mend I think
he will be abel to come to camps in afew days he
Sent to me the other day fur Something to liy
on or under he Sad he had nothing to ly on nor
under & I Sent him my big quilt & gorge Wilson
Sent him ablanket the Reason he had nothing
we was orderd to leave all the clothes & bed
Clothes that belong to the Sick at home
and his was & are yet I exspect at noxvill he told
me to not Rite home about him til he got well
and if you have let peggey find it out you must
tel her not to let him no it if She noes it you
may tel her that he weas on the mend the other
day and if She wants to Rite to him Rite Jest
like She never heard from him & derect her
letter heare to the Same place you do and I
will Send it to him that is if he has never
Rote home cence he has bin thare I will Send
him a few lines about what was in the letter but if
She dos not no it you nead not tell her I want you
to Rite to me how meny is gon to the ware from
about thare and about ever thing that you can think of
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it is Soposed that we will leave heare before long
but I doant no whare to nor when it has bin
talket that we will go in Caintuckey but
I think our Coln has got more cence than that
but it looket to me that he aught to of had
more Judge ment than to a Joined this Brigegade
but he don it and now it ant as he pleases whare
we go it is Jest as ginrel Steverson [2] ses whar
we go it is Cold anuff hear of amorning for
frost it is so cold this morning that I had to
Stop and woorm my feat I do not think
the yankes is agoing to atact us hear be Shore
and Rite a letter every weak and if eny body is
going to Larencevill Send aletter by them and
let them mail it thare and then it will come
Sooner it will Start from larence vill at one oclock
we have to carrey our water So fur is one thing that
I doant want to Stay heare and it will be so cold in
the winter that I could not stand it it is a very
helthey place heare I Recon I am fatening as fast as a
hog you must Rite hoo is tending the Mill cence
Mcdaniel left it now yo see that I dun best in
volentearing when I did fur I would a had to a went
in a Short tim eny how Rite what hermans a doing
if Mrs turman Rites for you tel her She ant
eny too prety to put in afew lines her Self how
her and the old man is giting a long & So forth
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I will close my letter hoping that you will
ansur it in due time and Rite how the children
is giting along you never named [3] one of them
in your letter if you are giting Scirles [4]
about Riting aready in 3 year it will dry up
intireley as fur as Riting is concerned tell all
all the Children howdy tel John that I have
Swapt knifes til I have got him a prety good
one if he ever gits it So no more but
Remains your loving husband until deth
So fare you well

H W Robinson To
Elisabeth Robinson Margret
Bridges And All the Children

you Sade Somthing
about to let you no if
i wanted eny thing
I have got Clothes
anuff to do me
one yeare but I will
want more if I Should live
and you no
when to make
them