tullahoma January the
29 1863
Dear wife with pleasure that
I drop you A fue lins
to let you no that I am
onley tolerebil w
ell hoping thas fue lins
may find you and the Chil
dren well and dooing well
I Recieved your Kind letter
the other day whitch gav
mee grate Sats faction to
hear from you and hear that
you had Bout Cor A nuf
to doo you and the Chil
dren I dont Recken you
laid in any for mee But
I intend to Eat Bread in
old Bun Cumb Be fore [1]
feb uary is gon if
I liv loock out for mee
I A am going to Ask for
fur low first
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the Colonel and Serril
Captians and lutenants
Can git off hom and I think
I am Just as good as any Body
tena I want you to Send mee
them things By Capten Ray
if Parris hant Started you [2]
did not Say any thing ABout the
money I Sent By Parris I Sent
thirty dollars By him and
A hair Brush and ten Short
peaces of Candy and Rapt
up in Stuf to mak Rupurt
Aporn and A letter By
Geary Elxander and fifteen [3]
dollars in it to Be left
at Alfords Alanders
I want you to Rite to mee
if you Ever got it At All
tena I will hav to Close
I hav had A Bad spell
with my Eys Cold and Smok
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tena I Sent you in All
one hundred dollars
tena I must Close you
hav never Rote mee what
sort of a Babey we had
what Sort of Eys he has or
hair I want to See power
ful Bad and all the Rest
of you well you dont no
how Bad yes I in tend to
See you All be for long
if we All liv this is so
tell All of my friends houdy
tell your mother to save mee
somthing good to Eat tena
I hav had to spend A good
deel of my money I hav Bin Cick
and Ever thing is so hy A py the
Cize of A smawel plate is worth
A dollar and to Bac Co A dollar
A Cake washing hy I saw A
Chicken Ruster Sold this mor
ning for three dollars Send
mee A ee [???] you can
Rite to mee John W Rees to
Cristena V Reese