August 18th /64
     Dear brother and sister
again I resume my seat
to pen you a few lines to
let you know that we are
in good health and
enjoying the liberties of a
once happy people although
we are far from that being
happy now as a nation
When I look around and 
and realize the many
thousands that have left
their homes to lay down
their lives in defence of their
country and then listen to
the unprincipaled sentiments
of the copperheads at the
north it gives me many 
a sorowfull thought
Last night I went to 
a copperhead Mass meeting
and a worse sett of scape

goats I believe never
was seen this side of king
Cotton Joseph I wish you
could have been here you
could see there just what
the party is composed of
they were the lowest and most
ignorant class of Duch
french and all the rowdys
of the the town Honorable
Mr Clark addressed the
audience and a bigger pack
of lies never was embodied
in the speech of the worst
traitor on earth He stated
that Abe. was the sole cause
of this war that H he had
violated evry part of the
constitution and that he
was deviating wavering
and crooked in his ways and
an unprincipled wretch while
that of little Me was a
straight forward course stright

as an arrow shot from a
bow acted from principle and
perfect in evry respect. He
might said straight and
left out the forward and
come nearer the truth perhaps
	          Mac
for with little ^ it was all
backward and no forwards
at while he was had command
        army
of the ^ at least He said he
supposed old Abe. would
pass a law that it was a
military necessity for him to
to claim the presidency for the
next four years even if they
did elect Geo. B Mc. Lellan
and to wind up his speech
he says the ballot boxes in
some states have been governed
by the point of the bayonet
and who knows but that it

may be so here this fall
gives advice that we democrats
must arm ourselves and pre
prepare to do ourselves justice
and cast our votes for little Mc.
He also stated that if Abe
Abraham Lincon was elected
that we democrats at the
north would rebel and
there would be civil war all
over the united states such
are the sentiments and principles
	                 rebel
of the [crossed out] [honorable] Mr Clark 
of Brighton Livingston Co.
	Sept 21st /64
again I seat myself to
to finish my letter. We. are
well to day excepting I
bad colds Mr. Pierson
has been here to day. He says
that father has been quite
sick but is better now I 
am glad to hear that

I wish he would come
          out here and stay a
while for I believe there
is a doctor here that
can cure him . I have
been at work building a
store house but have got
through witth that job
nothing more this time
Ann will write the rest
give our respects to all
From your affectionate
brother write soon
		   Carlos Hayes
Joseph Bamber

	{Hattie}
Dear brother and Sister it is with
pleasent thoughts that I sit down 
to pen a few lines to you and I hope
it will find you all well as it leaves
me at present I hope you will excuse
me for not wrighting to you before I certainly
am ashaimed of my self [crossed out] [for not have
wrighten to you before] we arrived here all
safe and sound and I like it far better
then I thought that I should I give
my love to all [illegible] the children for me
and tell them to be good boyes and
girls Mary Parson was here to day and
she fetched Sues [picture?] but I did
not see her I was up to marcies I must 
close for it is gitting dark love to
all excus poor wrighting
wright soon		       Hattie

	Saginaw City Sep 18th /64
	     Sunday Afternoon
		      Dear Brother & sister
I now take my pen in hand to
write [smudged] [to you] I have been trying to
get aletter written to you for a long
time but I have not made it out
   I am happy to say that we are
well and hope that these few liens
will find you the same I have been
looking for aletter from you but
have not seen one yet but I hope
that we shall get one soon and I 
hope that you will write all the news
tell us who has enlisted and who is
drafted Hattie is well and enjoys
herself very much I am so glad
that she dose for I do not know what
I should do without her for I could
not do my work myself I hope that
the time will soone come when we can
will come home and see all of you
how I do wish that you could come

and see us you would find us as
happy as pigs in the clover no more
now
	I take my pen to finish
my letter that comenced last sunday
we heard that father has been very
sick but I am glad to hear that he
is better you write and tell us
just as it is for we have not
heard from home since Susie
was here I feell so [crossed out word]
anxious about father I wish he
would come out here and see
the doctor that is here I am
going to write home if you see
him you tell him what I say
good bye for this time my love
to all Kiss the children for us
now do write soon do not waite
for me for you can write better then
one I can      From your sister
	good bye	Annie S Hayes
			            Saginaw

Mr. Joseph Bamber
Highland
[penciled in] [1864-9-18] Oakland Co
Mich