peters burg va
June the 15th 1864
Dear loveing wife I Sit mi Self
don this morning to wright you
afew lines to let you no that I
am well at pres ant and I hope
and pray to god when those few
lines cums to your loveing hands
that tha will find you and all of our
loveing children well and adooing the
best you can Dear love I can Say
to you that I got the box you Sent
last knight and was verry glad
to git Som thing from home one time
more to eate for I dont git
nothing to eate her that is fit to
eate her I hant had one bite
of wheate bread this Summer
yet oneley what little I buy and
cant hardley git enny for the
money I bout too little biscuits
yestorday and I had to give one
dollar for them
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Dear love I can Say to you that
I received the letter you Sent in
the box and was verry glad to
hare from you and all of our
loveing children that you was
all well Dear love I can Say to
you that the things you Sent is all
good ther is nothing Spoilt in the
box Dear love I can Say to you
that I had a dram of brandy this
morning and the best breckfist
that I have had this summer
Dear love I cant help but Shed
tears when I all ways git Somthing
from home to eate to think how we
all ways could live and now we
cant git to see each other no more
but I hope and pray to god to Spar
our lives to See each other agane
one time more in this world
Dear love I want to See you and all of our
Children verry bad I hardley no how you
look enny more
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Dear love I can Say to you that
we ar her alying in the brest
works day and nite in side of
town and tha ar afite ing ther
everey day and nite tha dont
Stop one minte Some nites
tha fite more in the nite than what
tha doo in day time for it is so
hot and dry her that tha cant
Stand to fite much in day time
Dear love it is the dry est time
her I ever Saw it hant rand one
bit in too monts and every
thing is burnt up her Dear
love I exspect we all will have
to perrish her if we cant git Som thing
from home Dear love I want you to
Send me Son thing to eate every chance
you have william wike will cum back
before long and I want you to Send
me some thing to eate with him So I mus
close for this time D Setzer to Mrs Susan Setzer
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June the 15 1864
Dear Son I Set mi Self don to drop
you afew lines to let you no that
I am well at presant and hope when
thas few lines cums to your dear hands
that tha may find you and all of
the rest of mi loveing Children
well Dear Son it has bin one
month this day Sence the last letter
was rote that I got from home til
last nite I got one in the box that I
got Dear Son I want you to rite to
me and let me no how you ar gitti
ng along with your work and tel
me how many Shocks of wheate you
got and how the corn looks and tel
me whether you ar going thrashing or
not I want you to Still our one [1]
froot this year if you have enny
to Still rite to me and let me
no how Shores dun this sumer and
I want to no how much oats you made So
i mus Close for this time D Setzer to car Setzer