Attalanta ga may 1 1864
Dear wife withe grate
pleasure I tak the oppur
tunity of droping you
A fue lins in answer
to your vary kind letter
that Come to hand yesterday
it found mee well
as comon my leg is still
vary stif yet and pains
mee sum But I sit A cide
my Crutches this morning
I hope and trust thas fue
lins may find you and the
Children All well you
dont no how proud I
was to git your letter
I was as proud as A little
girle with red shoos on
But sorey to hear that
pap was ded I did want
to see him one time more
in this life But But deth
is A Broud in the land he
has paid the det that
we All hav to pay
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you did not state what
was the mat ter withe
him and whair he died at
and if he sed any thing in
Re gard of meeting his god
tell leekey that I Can sim
pheythise with hur in
Regard of hur Brother I take
it to Be hur name and sta
cey tell them Both that
that can see them Both A
gan in peace if tha will
But try I wood like to say
more But paper wont ad
mit it this time your
let ter was dated April
the 21 and maild April 25
and I got it 29 it come
to mee in fore days from
the time it was maild
tena you did not say
whithe this was the first
letter you had Rote sence
I hav Bin hear or not pleas
number them All as you
Rite them this is the forth
one that I hav Rote to you
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tena I want to see you
and the Childrn the worst
I Ever did in my life may
the god of heaven hav
mercey and proteck you
and help you and what
good news it wood Be
to mee to hear that you
was A Changd woman tena
this is my harts prair
Evry day o may that
Be answerd in peace I
want you to Rite to
mee as soon as you git
this and Rite lots of it
and let mee no how your
cows and yearlings is doo
ing and if you hav got
my gun at home if you
hav I want you to git
hur at home and keep hur
oild in cide tell mar
grett that sh need not
Cum after mee when
the yankeys Cums for I
intend to Cum then
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tell your mother houdy
for mee tell hur that
I git A good Cup of
Coffey onse A while and
I think of hur while
drinking it tell All of
my friends houdey and to Rite
to mee tell margrett
to rais us sum to bacco
for I hav got to smoking
Reglear tena I hav saw
lots and learnt A good
deel tena if I was at
home I wood git vary
fleshey A gane my Chin
Begins to hang with fat
and Cheacks vary fair and
Red and my lipps needs
kissing pawrrful Bad
tell john to feed yard
well so he Can tree
sqirls Cis and Rupurt
to Rais lots of chickens
and mar grett the toBaco
the Big fite will soon
off
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at daltan tha air orderd to keep two days rashings
on hand constant I will rite to Peter Ball tomo
row or next day I am glad to hear that he is
vary kind to you I must cum to A close for the
want of paper to rite on Kiss the Boys for mee
I will Rite A gane this week tena be shore
to rite onst A week to mee fair well for A fue days
When the ci gits rite me I cum
John W Reese to C V Reese