Nov 10th 1862 A D
Dear Brother
	        I am going to write
you a few Lines but I
cannot write much we
received your Letter on Saturday
Last and we were very glad
to hear from you but sorry to
hear that you was so poor and
sick. I do think that you had
ought to come home why do
they not discharge you if
they had any human
feelings they would Let you
come Now do try and come
home you must think how
glad we all would be I hope
			Over

that you have got the box that
we sent and are enjoying
what it contained before
this time. And also that
you have received the long
Letters that was mailed the
same time that the box
was sent Uncle Harmon
took the box to Owosso
Last Monday it weighed
36 pounds. And had
Lots of nice things in it
Grace and Lew was down
yesterday Miss Chapin
preached. Now Guy I
want you to tell me 
what kind of a looking

place you are in and
what you can see
from the windows and
all about it for I want
to know. I expect Mother 
will write all the news
and as I wrote you such
a Long Letter Last week
I cannot think of much 
to write this time. Father
and Henry have been
making Cider to day
I wish you had some 
now I shall expect that
the next Letter you
write will say you
are comeing home
	              Over

and I shall be so glad
I want you to write to
me every week for  like
to get Letters from you
give my Love to Israel and
tell him I would Like to
see him. Are you as deaf
as you was. tell all news
and write soon to your
               Sister Ellen
[illegible in original]

[Written upside down at bottom of Scan 4]
 
    To Guy I Scofield
	Marine Hospital
        Cincinnati Ohio