Georgia, Franklin Co, July the 20,
1864
Dear an affectionate husban I
now embrace the present
opportunity of droping you a
few lines which leavs me in
common helth and I hope
thes lines will find you
injoying the same blessing
which is one of the cratest
blessing that the lorde ever
bestoed upon us I have
no good nuse to rite to you
more than we are dun
laying by we finished to
day and we have got as good
crop as we ever had if
nothing hapens to it I think
we will make more corne
than we did last year we
have had rain a plenty so
fur last fryday it raind so
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harde that the gulley at
our draw bars Jest liked 3
bars a running over the top
I Jest no I never Saw such
a rain fall I can say to yow
thate me and pegy wadkins
went up to ans last sadurday
to se about That leather
but John sed he had not
tuck it out of the tan troft
yeat but as soon as he got
it out he sed i shod have
it but that vardy promist
yow Jobe sed he was not
wiling to give it up and
i want you to rite to
me what i must do
a bowt it you sed for
me to rite to you abowt
that muney that sary an
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Kesler and mem crump
ode you i cant git to se them
mem appears to be very wild
you sed for us to send you
some tobaco thomas has got
some prised [1] to send to you
and if Jess and William
coms to that company i will
send it by them they take
like they will Join t[h]e
caverly but if they dont
they are coming to that
Co if you want eny
thing to eat rit to me and
i will send it to yow
thomas dremp of seing you
last night he want to se
yow very bad James yow
sed for me to do as i promist
i am a going to do Jest what
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i told yow i wod do yow
sed you wanted to se me
very bad i now yow dont
want to se me eny wors than
i want to se you James I
wod give evry thing in this
worl if it was mine to se you
James we may never se eache
other a gin in this life and
i want us to do rite and if
we dont se eache other no more
i hope we will med in a world
that is free from sin i pray
for you evry day and night
May God bless yow and be
your gide in the battle
field is my prayr for crist
sake amen i must close
by saying i remain yowrs
F. wadkins to J. wadkins
W. J. Pritchett hand rite July 20 1864