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| − | I will try to sit up a little | + | Willetts Point General Hospital |
| + | New York Harbor July 22 1864 | ||
| + | Derest Daughter | ||
| + | I will try to sit up a little | ||
while this afternoon to pen a few lines | while this afternoon to pen a few lines | ||
in answer to your kind letter of the | in answer to your kind letter of the | ||
18th which came safe to hand to day and | 18th which came safe to hand to day and | ||
| − | was glad to hear from you all I am | + | was glad to hear from you all I am |
| − | still very | + | still very slim and I fear I am going |
to loose the use of my feet and leggs | to loose the use of my feet and leggs | ||
they are groing numb and useless | they are groing numb and useless | ||
the Doctrs wiill not try to do anything | the Doctrs wiill not try to do anything | ||
| − | for them if they can I am all discouraged | + | for them if they can I am all discouraged |
about them but I think if I could get | about them but I think if I could get | ||
| − | home for a while and get | + | home for a while and get Dr Kilbourn |
| − | to do something for them if he cannot | + | to do something for them if he cannot |
help them nobody can but I cannot | help them nobody can but I cannot | ||
get home without some one to help me | get home without some one to help me | ||
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Willetts Point General Hospital New York Harbor July 22 1864
Derest Daughter
I will try to sit up a little
while this afternoon to pen a few lines in answer to your kind letter of the 18th which came safe to hand to day and was glad to hear from you all I am still very slim and I fear I am going to loose the use of my feet and leggs they are groing numb and useless the Doctrs wiill not try to do anything for them if they can I am all discouraged about them but I think if I could get home for a while and get Dr Kilbourn to do something for them if he cannot help them nobody can but I cannot get home without some one to help me I wish you would see Dr Kilbourn or Mr Littlefield and see if they cannot do something for me in their way of