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Feb 3rd, 1865 Camp near Savann^
River 30 miles above the Citty
Dear and Affectionate Wife and Children
it is with Great Pleashure that i
Seete myself to address you a fiew
Lines to Let you know that I am
well and hope this will find you
all Enjoying the Same blessing I Received
a Letter from you Last Knight Dated
the 8th of Last month and i felt allmost
Overjoyed i tell you to Get a Letter and
at the same time i Received one one from
Brother Daniel in Indianna thay ware
all well when he Wrote but he had
been Sick he told me with Tipho
-id Feaver and had Just Recovered 
he had not heard aney thing from
Michigan for over a year Exept
one Letter from Jacob Deforest he
thaught thay must all be Dead their

but i dont no how it is but i think
Father or George mite Write to him
at Least once and you tell me
also that Michael Crimps has
moved to Michigan I am Glad to
hear it and how Glad I woould
be if i Could see them all tell
Michael and Catharine i woould be
Pleased to hear from them in the Shape
                                                                ent
of a Letter and i will Return the Complim^
give to them my [illegible strikeout] best Love and Esteem
and a Brothers best wishes for their
[futir?] Prosperity and Happiness and
now i will Say to you George Price
will Start home in a fiew Days and
i have Got him to See to my Buisness
Some for me and I Shall have him 
buy a Cow for you this Spring if
 you think you kneed one you can
tell him when he Comes if you want
one or not I Cant Send you aney
money this time as i have not
Drawen aney in five months and