April the 3 1864 Sunday
dear wife with pleasure I Am pur
mitted to drop you A fue lins
informing you that my helth is A
Baut as it was when I Rote my leg
dont seem to mend vary fast the
joint is vary stif my left arme is A
Baut as it was when I Rote hoping
thas fue lins may find you and the
Children well and dooing well
if you air it is not Because I hav
sent you so mutch money But I am
in hopes you hav got sum from
sum Bodey tell I cood send you sum
this tena has giv mee more un Easness
than any thing that has Cum my Rode
senc I left home I Am A fraid you hav
All hav suferd if you hav I want you
to let mee no it in your let ter tena I
hav not tride for A fur low sence I Rote
But I shal try nex tuseday to go to green
vill south carolina if I fail in that I shal
ask this Bord no more But doo as I sed I wood
in my letter to you if I dont git A
fur low I will Rite soon as I can so you may
no what to depend on John is in urnest
thair is But 3 or 4 north Carolinaers in Atalanta
thas of th[??] [??] has tride fur lows was
on the same grounds that I was Becaus
we were in western coroner most too near
the yankeys this ma[?] soot sum But not John John is
Just John yet in Regard of sum things
if north caronirs will stay A way from
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famleys on this ac count Jus let them stay
I dont no whither tha air fur low ing any out
of the Rig mement or not I hant hearn from
it But onst or twist since I left it the 8
of fbRuary tha air fiting A lit tle Every fue
days tha will hav A tall time of it Before
vary long A Baut dalton But john wont Be thair
tena I want you to answer this letter
Just as soon as you git it dont tak time
to wash the dishes and let mee no how you
air All dooing I was at your paps last
nite in A dreem and talk withe AB lots
I Am at hom mos Evry nite O what
tru it giv mee when wake up I want
to hear from All fo the Boyes powerful Bad
and unkel feels tell him that I wood
Be glad for him to Cum to see mee he
Can find mee in the institute hors pittle
As fine A house as thair is in attalant
I stay in the second flor thair is over two
hundred Bunks in it this house it was Bilt for A
fee mail Coledg and darkeys to wait on mee
this is A larg plase Bacon is 4 dollars A
pound and Corne 16 dollars pur Buchel and
other stuf Acorden the wether is vary
un setteld hear But to day is fine and warme
tell Joseph that I hearn A fine surmet the
other day in A Rume nex to mee you can
find the tex in pauls letter to the hebr
ews the forth chapter ninth vers = thair
Remanth th[??] A Rest to the
people of god Reed the hole chapter
tell Boath of my mameys houdey for mee
tell Rebcky houdy And to go on and if I
should not never meet hur on urth any more
that I want hur to meet mee whair partng will
Be no more John W Reese to
Cris tena V Reese