Mount ary Serry county N C
March the 15 th 1864
Dear Cusen I receav
your letter that you wrote in Jannuary
an I was glad to hear from you all
Eligy got your letter the 13 th of this
month an I was glad to hear from you all
we ar all well at this time an
hope when these few lines comes to hand
tha may finde you all well an doeing well
I was sory to hear that your gran
mother was dead you wrote that you
was a going to the armey I dont want
you to go to the war fo if you doe go you
no that you will be kild put your
trust in the lord an you will be
savd I hope if I nevr se you no more on earth
I trust that we will meate in heaven
I wright my best lov to you I hav not
for got you an I hope yo will not forget
me I want to se you an talk with you
a bout olde times I gav my best
love to all of the fam ley I want
you to come up hear be four yo go to
the arm mey I wood like to se yo
be four you go when yo go I want
yo to wright sune as yo get sta[?] [end?]
whare yo ar a going to sta at
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Eli jah ses tel lizebth m c Bride
hody for him an give her his best love an respes
to her an all of the famley an he sends
his best love to you an all of the famley
he ses he wants to se you vary bad an
you must wright to him mouther
sens her best love to all of the famley
[??] sends her [best?] to all of the nabors down
thar til mary webster houdy for me
an I want her to wright to me if
she pleases I hav wrote to her an
I have not had a ancer from her
mr [Aben?] taylor died recently an
his sale was the 12 of this month
Corne is 20 dollars a bushel wheat is
25 dollars a bushel coffey 15 dollarse a poun
[buntch?] [coten?] is a hundred 25 dollars
a bunch evry thing is hie an hard to
get at that if I [cand?] se yo I [cand?]
[?] yu [m??] than I can wright
I want yu to wright all of the neuse to me
if yu please when this you se remember
me tho meny milds a part [we ar?]
I must come to a close by say pleese
wright as sune as you get this
letter I remiane yours truley
Francis .E. Blair to
mr James H Baker