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Willets Point General Hospital
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Willets Point General Hospital
New York Harbour  July 12, 1864
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New York Harbour  July 12, 1864
    Dear Wife,
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Dear Wife,
 
                   I received your kind letter  
 
                   I received your kind letter  
 
last night and you do not know  
 
last night and you do not know  
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been so long coming  it ought to  
 
been so long coming  it ought to  
 
come in two days but I got it at  
 
come in two days but I got it at  
last I was sorry to hear of poor  
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last   I was sorry to hear of poor  
 
Marys sickness but hope she will be  
 
Marys sickness but hope she will be  
better now   Charly and Hattie I am
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better now Charly and Hattie I am  
 
glad they have got through with  
 
glad they have got through with  
 
the measles  Leyman I was glad  
 
the measles  Leyman I was glad  
to hear so good a report from him
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to hear so good a report from him  
 
tell him from father to keep on being  
 
tell him from father to keep on being  
 
steady and a good boy  my handker-
 
steady and a good boy  my handker-
chief I have not got for that you [illegible] to the regiment and I do not know when I shall get it but I have a cloth that answers for me. you spoke of sending me a box you had better not if you see any possibility of getting
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chief I have not got for that you directed
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to the regiment and I do not know  
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when I shall get it but I have a  
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cloth that answers for me  you spoke  
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of sending me a box you had better  
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not if you see any possibility of getting

Latest revision as of 20:22, 1 February 2019

Willets Point General Hospital New York Harbour July 12, 1864

Dear Wife,

                  I received your kind letter 

last night and you do not know how glad I was to hear from you I do not know where the letter has been so long coming it ought to come in two days but I got it at last I was sorry to hear of poor Marys sickness but hope she will be better now Charly and Hattie I am glad they have got through with the measles Leyman I was glad to hear so good a report from him tell him from father to keep on being steady and a good boy my handker- chief I have not got for that you directed to the regiment and I do not know when I shall get it but I have a cloth that answers for me you spoke of sending me a box you had better not if you see any possibility of getting