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Andrew F. Davis papers, January-October 1863

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Tell Wm Port I am looking for an answer from my letter which I wrote to him soon
Murfreesboro Tenn March 25 1863
Mrs. Sarah Davis
My dear wife
Your long and ever welcome letter of the 1th inst come to hand today and was gladly received. The general news of it is generaly cheering but I must admit that the news in regard to sister Helen is most sad and from the bottom of my heart I pity her sad lot but she must blame herself to a great extent for her troubles although I will admit that her husband is also culpable. It would please me very much if she would not come about my house. This may seem like harsh language in regard to a sister but I think I have cause for such sentiments and cannot help it. It regard to Fred my advice is for you not to trouble yourself about [hunting?] the money for him for he will have to await until I get it for him and if he does not choose to take a part of it when offered to him let him await until we get it all for him. I am sorry to hear of the difficulty you had in settling with Duvalls and do not know how Mr Thompson made the mistake he did but I hope it is all satisfactorily arranged. I am sorry to hear that our well has proved such a failure as I had set a great deal of store by it and i hope I will be able to remedy it when I come home. Yesterday I received your letter of March 1st which was detained at the Division Headquarters by the P.M. for the reason that there was not enough stamps put on and when a letter comes there in that fix it is held until the amt. due on it is paid and it had been there some time perhaps before I know of it. So that accounts for part of the long delay in my letters. The speeches which you enclosed in it was the cause of the double charges I had saw both of the speeches in the papers before I got that and see a great many other good speeches besides in the papers which we get evry day. The proceedings of the meeting at Indianapolis at which the speeches ware made is all published in pamphlet form and scattered gratuitously among the soldiers and you cannot form an idea how good an effect it has among the soldiers as it cheers them up and makes them think that they have some friends at home yet notwithstanding the many demonstrations made by the Butternuts to the contrary

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Tell Wm Port I am looking for an answer from my letter which I wrote to him soon Murfreesboro Tenn March 25 1863 Mrs. Sarah Davis My dear wife Your long and ever welcome letter of the 1th inst come to hand today and was gladly received. The general news of it is generaly cheering but I must admit that the news in regard to sister Helen is most sad and from the bottom of my heart I pity her sad lot but she must blame herself to a great extent for her troubles although I will admit that her husband is also culpable. It would please me very much if she would not come about my house. This may seem like harsh language in regard to a sister but I think I have cause for such sentiments and cannot help it. It regard to Fred my advice is for you not to trouble yourself about [hunting?] the money for him for he will have to await until I get it for him and if he does not choose to take a part of it when offered to him let him await until we get it all for him. I am sorry to hear of the difficulty you had in settling with Duvalls and do not know how Mr Thompson made the mistake he did but I hope it is all satisfactorily arranged. I am sorry to hear that our well has proved such a failure as I had set a great deal of store by it and i hope I will be able to remedy it when I come home. Yesterday I received your letter of March 1st which was detained at the Division Headquarters by the P.M. for the reason that there was not enough stamps put on and when a letter comes there in that fix it is held until the amt. due on it is paid and it had been there some time perhaps before I know of it. So that accounts for part of the long delay in my letters. The speeches which you enclosed in it was the cause of the double charges I had saw both of the speeches in the papers before I got that and see a great many other good speeches besides in the papers which we get evry day. The proceedings of the meeting at Indianapolis at which the speeches ware made is all published in pamphlet form and scattered gratuitously among the soldiers and you cannot form an idea how good an effect it has among the soldiers as it cheers them up and makes them think that they have some friends at home yet notwithstanding the many demonstrations made by the Butternuts to the contrary