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John Bridges Castine June 7 Asking discharge of his son --

                              Castine June 7 1861

                              Dear Sir I have a son in
                              Company B 2d Reg. VMM
                              who enlisted as he supposed for
                              3 months while I was gon to 
                              Augusta at the Easter time
                              and went to Bangor and
                              did not want to back
                              out and put his name
                              down for 2 years and wanted
                              him to sign for 3 years at
                              N York but he did not
                              so sign and he does not
                              like the Drinking of the field
                              officers and he has got uneasy
                              and would like to ask a
                              Discharge and come home
                              Please write me whether
                              you can and will do anything
                              for him or not
                                               Yours Truly

Hon I Washburn John Bridges

     Augusta