Chattanooga Sept 14th /64
Dear Wife and Children as
i have Received your kind Letter after 
i had Written to you a Cuple of Days 
i thought i woould Write you a Short
one this time Got a letter from Lute and
Geor to Day was all well when thay
Wrote had not heard from you in 
a Long While thay Said Got a Letter 
Brother William day before yester
Day was also well get a letter from
Brother George the Same Day i Got
yours he Seemed to be about half
Crasy he Said that Franky had
Sold all the Grass on the marsh
for 3 Shillings a tun Frankey had
not out to have Don that as i had
left that with Geor and Frank
don rong but he hents about other 
things Going Rong and Complains
Generaly but i will Send you
his letter Enclosed in this and
then you can See for your selves

and maby you can explain some
of it to me in your next i want
 mother to keep his letter safe till
i come home and dont tell him about
it when you write again tell me
all the news if it takes 2 sheats of paper
dont send me aney tea as i wont
be likely to Get it and i Get along
with out it now very Well tell Etty
i will Send her Some Money for
them shoes in a fiew Days and
Some to Maty and Ma to i hope and
now i will have to tell you that i am
well and hope this will find you the 
Same Hatty i Dont forget you and
harry aney more then i Do the Rest as
you are all my children i am Sorry
about mothers Leg She had better Do
Something for it Go and See the Docter
and try and Get it coured Dont be afraid
of Starving to Death as i Dont think we
will i Shall come home this winter if i can
but Dont Depend on it as i cant tell
till i try but Good By and a kind and
Loveing fare Well for this time OG Dunckel