Weldon NC

Feb 23the 1864

My Dear Wife and Children
I seat my self down this
morning to drop you afew
lines to let you now that
I am well at this time hoping
these lines may Reach your
kind hands and find you injoy
the same blessings you Rote to
me about the hogs you tell them
that tha are mine and tha
are the dearest hogs that I ever
got you can tell Joseph Landis
that any body that trobels them
if I live to git home tha will
suffer for them you can tell
Henritta that I mantained her
when no other person would not
and she had better doo Right
that she may need help again
and she might not git hit
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tell her that she can have
one of the pigs if she want it
I hope that God will bless
you all I want you to send me
some more unions & tobacco
and one lite lofe of corn bread
if you can the box that
you sent me the pies and the
tarts was spoiled I got it
the 7 of this month Send
me sum dride fruit if you
can I am in the gard house
yet I got your letter yesterday
and was glad to hear from
you and glad to hear that you
was better may God bless and
save you is my prayer for
Christ Sake
F. M. Poteet to
his loving Wife M. A. E. Poteet
farewell My loving
Wife