Feb 13
Dear son i will try and write a few lines to
you hopeing you are well we have just heard by
mr Walker letter that their has been some big
hting where you are but i do hope you are both
well we shall feel very anxious about you
till we get another letter from one of you we
want you to tell us all i hope you are both still
	       Jan 30
safe Monday ^ night your father and Charlotte jane
				               t
rebecca and Miss Hen [?] dely and Rob^ and me went
down north to meeting and when we got home
	 had come
your letter ^ and Wills and i asure you it was
received thankfully betsy Ann got anothe
last night Mary and the boys went to
henrys after dark and they sent it for us
to see we sent jane her part this morng
i have not seen her to day but I know she
would be glad to get it your father and me
			   all
Charlotte and jane where ^ babtized yesterday
feb the 4 i wish you could have been with us
		 us
Mary went with ^ she was babtized just a week
						day
ago their was 7 batized yesterday 8 last sater^
					ments
it being our desire to fullfill the comand^ and
by the help of god to walk in the way wich
   has		i have not seen wills but	ve
he ^ set before us My dear sons your letters gi^
			heard a part of some read [?]
me great hope that you ^ are striveing to ser
god and he will help you and guide you if you
will give up all to him and put your whole trust
in him my dear sons we have much to thank
	  we
god for if ^ consider his goodness and mercy toward
us your father has done better then could be
expected he had spells that he was not well but
not so bad as to have to lay in bed b he has 
          mised you a great many ways
        but i hope this cruel war

[Written on side of paper] 
Tomy is very anxious to wrtie to you he trys hard
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	feb 17
					        le
will soon cease and if paryers is accepteab^
before god he can cause it be stoped and 
		         er
may our feeble prays^ be answered and
you our loved sons returned safe back to
	    heard        s				about
us you have ^ of tho^ Sherwood loss he thinks ^ 200
		him one
and fifty we lent ^ 100 for to get him a horse
to one he had got before he was robed he will
pay it back or part of it soon he had not
			not
sold his wheat jane did ^ feel so bad as this
morning a wild Turkey came into our lot
						n
near where the old stable once stood but whe^
we went to look at it it run of across the
road to a large flock in your feild dely
run affer them and left them in the wheat
				   is
field jane has as welled face she ^ better than
was last week she said she should write before long
your father has been troubled with dirrea
in spells all winter he is drawing hay from [?]
marys place today they have got done the sheep
was their till the last of jan one in mising
we shall put 5 dollars in this letter and
			  send
if you want more we will ^ you some we do
wish
^ you would get anything you can for your
Comfort or need i am affraid you sometim
go hungrey and suffer more than we know of
	        not			   money
but you need ^ worry for spending a little ^ it is
for no other use but to suply our wants may the
lord bless and comfort you both and guide
and protect you from all dangres that so
round you and return you safe back to us if
it is in acordance to his will is the paryer of
		your mother Sarah Noddins

[Upside down writing at bottom of letter] 
be sure and write for money when you want any I wish
						  you
you where both at home again we [?] could tell ^ all
	    can
better than ^ write it
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