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| − | + | February 4th 1863 | |
| − | My | + | |
| − | + | My dear son | |
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| + | feeling an anxiety for the promotion | ||
of your welfare and happiness I seat myself this | of your welfare and happiness I seat myself this | ||
| − | morning to congratulate you on your safe arriv | + | morning to congratulate you on your safe arriv- |
| − | al home to your friends and associates our folks must | + | al home to your friends and associates our folks must |
been glad to see you and I wish I could have been | been glad to see you and I wish I could have been | ||
there to have enjoyed it with them but could not so | there to have enjoyed it with them but could not so | ||
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my son it is usless for me to undertake to tell you of | my son it is usless for me to undertake to tell you of | ||
the sleepless nights I have had about you since I left you | the sleepless nights I have had about you since I left you | ||
| − | at culpeper I have worried myself sick a number of | + | at culpeper I have worried myself sick a number of |
times but it was of no use but I could not help it | times but it was of no use but I could not help it | ||
but you do not know how much better I feel since | but you do not know how much better I feel since | ||
I knew you had got home safe but it makes my | I knew you had got home safe but it makes my | ||
| − | heart | + | heart ache when I think of your misfortune but I |
must try and reconcile myself to it but it is hard | must try and reconcile myself to it but it is hard | ||
| − | now my son I want to give you some | + | now my son I want to give you some advice |
| − | which I hope you will take as a | + | which I hope you will take as a fathers love and |
| − | friendship I want you to go and visit your friends | + | friendship I want you to go and visit your friends |
all around that you want to see and get through as | all around that you want to see and get through as | ||
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Stafford Court House Virginia February 4th 1863
My dear son
feeling an anxiety for the promotion
of your welfare and happiness I seat myself this morning to congratulate you on your safe arriv- al home to your friends and associates our folks must been glad to see you and I wish I could have been there to have enjoyed it with them but could not so I must content myself a few months longer then if I live I shall be with you at my old Auburn home my son it is usless for me to undertake to tell you of the sleepless nights I have had about you since I left you at culpeper I have worried myself sick a number of times but it was of no use but I could not help it but you do not know how much better I feel since I knew you had got home safe but it makes my heart ache when I think of your misfortune but I must try and reconcile myself to it but it is hard now my son I want to give you some advice which I hope you will take as a fathers love and friendship I want you to go and visit your friends all around that you want to see and get through as