the
Petersburg . V . A . Nov .11 .64
My dear wife I Seat my Self to
answer your kind letter that I received
from you dated the .27 . of last month
I was truly glad to hear from you and
to hear you was geting along So well
I am well at present hoping theas
few lines may find you and your too
daughters well and harty my dear
you disapointed me verry mutch
about that Soldier and it is agirl
at last I am verry Sorry that you
air geting all the help and me none
I will hafto renigg trumps and
Start anew game I reckon the next
tine I must Strip Start naked
and then it will Sertnly be
aboy that is the old Saying
my dear you Sead that I Shold Send
it aname I cant think of no name
for it you name the girls and I
will name the boys
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My dear you Sead that my farther
was maried I wold like to ben
at the weding but it is too
late now you Sead I Shold
hurry and come home my dear
I wold do bin [1] along in afew
days but the capton made
amistake and Sent too other
men in mine and Daniels plases
and now we hafto wait till
they come back and that will
put us back to the first of
december the captin Semed to
hate it verry bad that he
had made Sutch amistak
my dear I must now close
as I hafto go to work at
the Stables rite Soon my dear
and dont delay rite Soon I
wish you good luck
John .H Hartman to Partha .L Hartman