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�me I do not have much duty to do here  I sleep
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me I do not have much duty to do here  I sleep
 
in my carriage  it shuts up tight and is warm
 
in my carriage  it shuts up tight and is warm
 
and better than sleeping on the ground  I live alone
 
and better than sleeping on the ground  I live alone
 
and do my own cooking  I am taking more comfort
 
and do my own cooking  I am taking more comfort
                                                                home
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now than I have ever taken since I came from home if you
now than I have ever taken since I came from ^ if you
 
 
can call it comfort  tell the children I should like
 
can call it comfort  tell the children I should like
 
to have them happen along when I am cooking
 
to have them happen along when I am cooking
my dinner or supper so they ["can" inserted] see how I do it I
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my dinner or supper so they can see how I do it I
 
have got a little spida and a kettle a little pot
 
have got a little spida and a kettle a little pot
 
for my tea so you can immagine how I get
 
for my tea so you can immagine how I get
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answered it  I asked her to go over and see you
 
answered it  I asked her to go over and see you
 
and tell you I had not heard from home since
 
and tell you I had not heard from home since
I left Mchester but the letters all came last night
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I left [?] but the letters all came last night
but where they have ["been" inserted] all of this time do not know
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but where they have been all of this time do not know
 
the mailes are very iregular  it is hard work
 
the mailes are very iregular  it is hard work
 
to get any maill correctly now a days  I sent
 
to get any maill correctly now a days  I sent

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me I do not have much duty to do here I sleep in my carriage it shuts up tight and is warm and better than sleeping on the ground I live alone and do my own cooking I am taking more comfort now than I have ever taken since I came from home if you can call it comfort tell the children I should like to have them happen along when I am cooking my dinner or supper so they can see how I do it I have got a little spida and a kettle a little pot for my tea so you can immagine how I get along with my duty give my love to all of the children tell them I want to see them very much I had a letter from cousin Laura and I answered it I asked her to go over and see you and tell you I had not heard from home since I left [?] but the letters all came last night but where they have been all of this time do not know the mailes are very iregular it is hard work to get any maill correctly now a days I sent Arabine a paper with General McClenans farewell to the army President Lincoln has removed him from command wich I think is a very wrong move the abolitionist have made a real one of old Abe just what I have been expecting they would but so its go I have seen enough of the republican and abolitionest administration to last me my life time you wrote you had a letter from Lyman and he thought he should be at home by Thanksgivin poor boy I hope he will I should like to see him