Petersbirg State of VA
July the 25 1862
dar wife i take the pleser to
ancer youer kind leter that you
rote the 20 of July i resevd it
last night wiCh gave me much
plesher to hear that you was
all well and fond me in good
helth and i hope when those
fue linds Coms to hand may
find you all in good helth i hant
got nothen new to rite at dis
time i sent my black Coat
and one shurt to newton and
i wont you to go And git it
for it has ben in the box all
summer i wont you to make
me too Culard shurts as sune
as you Can and i wont A good
warme Jackshit tel fall and
wod like to have A neakles
you Can git salm Parker wife
to nit it
Co turne over [1]
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I was glad to heare that k
P r Cline was giting beter
and all the boys was giting
beter ouer faire is not very
good and the stuf i Co hy [2]
we Cant by it litel pise [3]
is teenty five sents apels is
50 snts A dusen Chickens
is one dolare and fifty sa sents
potato is $8 dolars A bushel
unes is five nents A pese [4]
you may ges that dat is
dear eaten milses malases
is fore dolars A galien i
will send you five Stamps
in dis leter that is all that
i have got at tist dis time
but i Can git more for we er
Cloce to tone i was in tone the
uther day and i Can state to
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you that it is A tone
dit wod make too tons like
Newton I have saw lots
senCe i have left home
i Cod tel you lots if i Cod
See you but i still hope
that the time is Comen that
we will met A gane and
if we dont meet in dis world
i hope that we will met
in heben whear we port
no more i wont to now
if Cane huit is gone er not
tel him to stay as long
as he Can i got A leter
from Calvin Cline and he
dont like it A redey
but he dont now nothen
yit he is rite at home
if he nde What i dow he
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wod now sumpen you sade
that you wod like to see
me Come home but i dont
now When i Will git to Come
i wod be as glad to see you
as you wod me and i wod like
to see you all Co i must Come
to aClose when dis you see remem
ber me A meny miles Aprt
we be i will remember
remain youer efecten husbon
on tel deth Co rite as sune
as dis Coms to hand
petersbirg VA Camp lec
in the Care of Capton Bost
to the 46 rigment NC trops
W P Cline to
Mary C Cline i wod like
to sleep
with you
one night
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