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State of NC Lenoir County kinston
April the 13 1862 dear wife it is with
pleasur that I take the presant opportunity
of writing you a few lines to let you
now that I am well at this time hoping
thes lines will find you in good health
I hant any thing strang to rite at this time
more then I want to sse you verry bad
we hant had any fite yet and I don’t think
we will have we are stationed 5 miles from
kinston and has got Chimneys to our tents
and is doing tolerabel well though it does
look like that old ransom will drill us
to death all the Connection is well only
________ [?, crease in page ] he has had a pain in his head but is
giting beter mee and Alfred boath has bin
Sick but has got well a gin the last leter
I got was when the Campt Com I am lookng for
a leter every day though I now that you Cant
take time to rite often nor I don’t want
you to try to rite verry often for I Cant
rite much my Self for I am out of paper
and in vellops and Stamps I only have a
nuf to rite one more leter I got a leter from m
montieth and Cant anser him for want of paper

thar is Chance for us to git off tel our time is out
I don’t think but forty seven days will soon run
Run off and then our time will be out when
you rite tel mee how you are giting a long with
your work and how your stock looks and
I want you to have mee a good mess of eggs
aginst I Com home for I have lived on
bread and meet tel I am tired of hit and
I want a good Jug of whiskey with som
Cherry tree bark in hit for I now I will
need som thar has bin a talk of keeping
us in longer than our time but I don’t think
that will be don tha made us send all
of our things to golds boro that we Could do
with out for we all thoght that we would
have a fite when we first Com her and
we may have yet be for we leve her
the yankes in thirty miles of us it is
not worth my while to try to tel you how
bad I want to See you for I Could not if
I was to rite all day So I will Close for the
presant I Still remain your affectonate
husband tel death
M W Parris to Jane Parris

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