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Novr 15 / 64 Indian Chief Charleston
My dear I take the opertunity to inform
you that I am well at present and I hope
these few lines may find you the same and
all of the children and i should be very
glad to see you all you may depend but
cant tel you when but as soon as possible
you may be sure for I have not seen a woman
or a child in more then five weeks and I
dont want to see any if I cant see you
I received your letter of the 1 today and
I received yours that you rote a fu days
be fore the fall of plymouth it was mailed
at tarboro and I rote to keech to forward my
leters and I received one to day when I rece
ved yours and he said he would attend
to them and all of my friends if he could
and he said the yankes had not garrisoned
plymounth nor washington and if not we
can pass letters a plenty and I pray to god
that they may not at all I rote you last sun
dau but I intend to answer evry one I get
I rote farther one and put it in yours I sent you
two postege stamps in it and I will send you
some more in this if I can get them tomorrow
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morning and I sent that letter to hunters
bridge in care of Horace oden and I rote to
your father some time a go but have not
had any answer I expected that something
was the matter at your farthers for I dremp
that I was thare and I saw the most dark cloth
strowed over the flore that I ever saw and
expected to heare some thing new I no you
see a great eal of troble a bout the yankes
takeen plymouth but I cant help it and
if I was thare I dont no as it would do
any good but I hope the lord will be
with you and protect you for he is able
to protect you from all harm and cant if I
was thare and I dont suppose thare is not
much chance to get home ondley on a fur
low and I hope I shal get one a bout christm
if I can to come and see you all and that
is a great thought I tel you if they come
to bother you you must tel them that
I could not help it for I did not volun
teer I was forced in to it and I blame
them for it to not keep the rebel back
and you must console your self as much
as possoble the lord is able and put your
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trust in him and tel them rip for I have
hope they wont be permited to destroy
what you have got the lord has blest
us thus fare and I have all confidence
in him that he will be with us and per
serve us thrue this ware for he is able
and he is all that is able they suppose
that lincon is allected again but we
dont no and if he is it may be the best
for us for what we no for I hope the lord
will rule all things as he thinks best at
least I hope the ware will end some
time this winter and if it dont we
cant help it we can ondley pray for
it and pray for him to stop it you rote
to me to send you some postage stamps
I sent you two five cent stamps In my
last leter and I send you two more in this
and that is all that I have at present but
I will get some more and I will send
you some more and you must rite me
the conditions of the times generley of the
country wahsington & Beaufort for I want
to hear waat is a going on down thare
I hope our people will take them back a
gain for your sake if no other you m[?]
must carry on thare the best you can for
I cant contrive for you now for I
dont no the conditions of the times
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ondley as I heare from down thare
george got a letter from home yesturday
and mary wanted to no if he had caug
ht the each yet no he has not caught
the itch but he has caught some lise it
is impossible to keep clare of them heare
but thare is not very bad here I have
caught a few off of my self but they cant
hurt me much heare for I can look for
them and cetch them so I can keep them
under thare is no ware newes at pres
ent thare is no fiting at present as
i heare of at this time but the yankes
keep a bumming the town of charleston yet
they throw some in it evry day or nite one
or the other but that is nothing new for
they have bin bumming thare four hund
red and ninty fifth day to day 16th is set
apart by president davis as a day of thanks
given and prayen and I pray god that
it may prove a blessing to the people of
the people of the confedercy I must close
by saying that I hope the lord will be
with us all thrue this life and protect
us from all harm in this world and a
findley save us all in his kingdom
at last is my prayer i remain your
cincer husband untel death H H Bowen