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Orange . Cort. house . this . of . November. 1863
My dear wife I now Seat my Self to answer
your cind letter whitch I received yesterday evning
I was verry glad to hear form you and to hear
that you and the baby was well my dear I
am also well and harty at present and hoping
when theas few lines reaches you they will
find you boath well . My dear wife I can
inform you that I received the cakes with pleashure
and was proud of them and also the letter that
you Sent with . Myster . Crowel . and my dear
I will also receive you in pease and happness when
you come I will be prouder of you then I was
of the cakes I am also glad to hear that my
folks air getting well at home my dear I
can inform you that they air no chance of afurlow
til about Spring and I wont to See you before
that time So you Just fix for you and the
child you better bring clothse along so that
yous can change for if you get hear you dont
no when you will get back as I intend
to ceap you as long as I can for I dont
get to See you often nohow So prepare for the
time for I dont no how Soon it will be
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My dear wife I can inform you that we
get paid off this morning I am going to Save
all the money I can til you come and then
we will live like birds my dear you
Sead Something about the Solders making fun
of wimen coming to camp my dear I can
inform you that our compny has never
made no fun of eny woman yet but
this is the thing you air not oblidge to
come to camp I exspect to have ahouse
for you to Stay at and you need not go to
camp atall if you dont want to I will be
all the Soldier that will make fun at
you and that we will make after night
you need not be afeard of beng fund at [1] for
ramsy wont allow it I will be all the
man that will fun with you that
will be Secret fun fun within our Selves
my dear if you come you needent bring
me nothing unless apair of Socks if you
can get them for I am well clothed
now So you needente be botherd only
for you and the child prepare well for
you and the child
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My dear Partha I must now close as I
have no news to rite I wish you good luck
my dear I wont you to not disapoint me
for I will look for you So you must try
and come when ever I rite for you
for it is all the chance we have to See
eachother and lets enjoy our life while
we air in the world for we dont no how
long we have to live no how if you
dont come this winter tel the next
winter I or you may be ded and
then we will never See one another
in this world eny more but if
it Shold be So I hope we will
meet in heven So my dear come
if you can I will receive you in
glory and hapness So dont disappoint
me So I must close for this time
yes one thing I had like to forgot Daniel is
going to rite afew lines to . Jane . dont Show
it to none of the rest or they will pleag
Jane to death So no more rite Soon rite Soon
John . H . Hartman . to . Partha . L Hartman