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Dear wife I can inform you that pensylvania
and Maryland is the best contry I ever
Saw ther barns is finer than any house in
NC they ar rock or brick there fences is rock
there spring houses is rock they ar the best
fixt pepel in the world they have not felt
the efects of this war the north can fite
twenty years yet this is my opinion this
is A rich mans war it is not for the poor
Dear wife I want you to do the best you can
for your self and for them dare Children
I want yo to Send them to School all you
Can I would like to Come home the best
in this world to See you all once More in
this world if I cant com to See you I hope
to meet you in heaven where thear is no more
trubel and trials Dear wife yo Stated in
your leter that you wanted to know what
I got to eate I can tel you I get one pound
of flower one pound of beafe a day and some
times not so much Sometimes no salt and
it is reported that we will have to do on
half pound after this the solders all Swar
they will leave if it comes to that I Can
inform you that we lived well after the
Winchester fite we got plenty on throo
Meriland throo pensylvania to yorktown
from there back we was cant the longer
the werse york town is the best town that
I ever Saw Dear wife I Can inform you that
the nearest point of railrode is at Culpepper
Which is 77 Miles When this you see
remember Me tho Many Miles apart
We be I must close so rite as soon as
this Comes to hand Marcus Hefner
and tel Me all the (to Mrs Kizia Hefner
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