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	Pepparell Sept 20
     Dear Brother
		       Your
Letter came to hand Last
Week & We Were all
very much pleased
To learn of your presen
& good health
all of our friends here
and in Nashua are
in good health &
are having heavy crops
of hay.. & corn.. looks finely
I Was in Nashua at
the time your letter
to aunt Lorena, came
& carried it to the house
I told her I Should 
get one, as Soon as
I reached home & did
& the next day received one
from Home, from Mother &


Diantha our friends in
michigan Were all Well
But uncle Albert & Diantha
Who Were recovering from
chill fever
Aunt Julia & the hired
man wer taken then
mother Writes that crops of
all kinds look nicely
But that it is very sickly
around there
As Mother is afraid to
have me in the army
I Shall not, enter until
I can get a first rate
Bearth I think I will
come out [illegible] & see you
Next month & get some 
apples & Sweet Potatoes
as We have none here
In the mean time
keep up your courage
& if you are engaged in

Battle remember it is beter to die
Like a brave man than to
live as a coward
I have Just ricieved a letter
from Charles, his wife & baby
are Well & in good
order as your have
been Honored my having
the name Send you
a namesake a couple of
hundred old Verginia
Niggers oh Gd, look
out & not become a
Slaveholder yourself.
for of all masters that
the nigers ever had the
Yankee, is the Worst
& God help them if they
ever come under abolition
Masters & think they will 
echo the Sentiment
Aunt Bolles is a visiting
at Worcester & Will not
be at home until tomorow
evening So as I am agoing
after her I Will Send
you a piece of her love
in this note
Give my love to all the
Boys and tell them to remember
me When the see Jeff
Davis & give him a Shot
for me
Uncle Bolles Sends his
love to you.. all my
is yours & write us often
as you can, I will
Send you Some Stamps
the next time I write
I have been threashing with
uncle Bolles, Machine
he bough a new one last
fall & now farms, all
by machinery
   your affectionate brother
	S.R. Dickerman
Write Soon as you can 
and as often