the
March .20 .1864
My dear wife I now Seat my Self to answer your
Cind letter whitch I received last night I was truly
glad to hear from you my dear I am well at present hoping
when theas few lines reaches you they will find you
well you Sead in your letter that I never Sead whether
I received your letter or not I can inform you that I received
it and answerd it and Sent a ring in my letter you
never Stated whether you got the ring or not if you
did not get the ring the letter is on the road yet
my dear I have got four rings for you and one for your
mother and if my furlow comes I will bring them to
you I dont no whether I will get afurlow or not they
air Stopt giveing furlows but they talk of Sending
again my dear wife I can inform you that I have got
your knife and I intend to have anew blade put in
it and bring it to you or Send it one of the men in
camp had it he Sead he found it in camp My dear wife
you Sead that Riggs told a ly on you well now my dear
you must not think hard of me for teling you what
I heard him Say for it made me mad to hear Sutch chat
and wold make eny man mad to hear Sutch
as that about his wife my dear I am not pleeding this
to ceap on the rite Side of you I am mearly teling you the
truth for we air far from each other and I dont know when I hear
the truth but I will now drop this for it is not worth
the paper and ink My dear wife I can inform you that we
have verry plesent meeting hear to day and we will allso
have Service to night I mist now Stop riting and go
to Sunday School or they will count me me out So I
will now go fare you well
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How do you doe my dear I have just arived from Sunday
School now to give you another Small conversation and
that is this do you remember the words you Spoke to
me that day when you got So mad at me when you
was out hear the words was you Sead you wold never
come to See me no more no matter what good words
I wold rite to you and now my dear you Still
intend to do what you Sead [a]nd I hope you wont
I hope you think more of me then that I cant
forget them words and Shal not forget them
tel you take them back I hope my dear if I
ever rite to you to come again you will come as
freely as you did before my dear wife you Sead
my watch was not fixt yet you Sead you
cold not get it fixt for the money but you
cold get it fixt for eggs I can inform you that
you need not Save me no eggs for I dont think
I will get home take your eggs and have it fixt
and I will rite and let you no when I will come
if I get afurlow I will come citen [1] and if I dont I 
will rite and let you no I will now clos by asking
you to rite Soon rite Soon and dont delay rite Soon
John .H .Hartman .to .his .dear .tru .love . gay . and . lovely
Partha .L .Hartman my dear you air tru and lovely
Bless your Sweat hart how I long to See you
Sweat Sweat and plesant lovely and mild