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861521 Washington Iowa Sept 21 1861 Dear John & James I will try and answer your leter I would have answerd it when it came but stuart said that he would and he has not had time to cince he got it we are all well at present and hope that when these lines reach you they will find you enjoying the same blessing we are going to school now and we have not time to write mutch. I got a Leter from Dave braden last saturday he was well Joseph Kilgore is goin down to Davinport now he started yesterday at one oclock there is another company a going to start next Tuesday I dont know any one that is going in it but Mr Burns and Edwin Eldridg and Danys Anderson and John Cading Josia Dawson is first Lieutenant and [Iyar?] More is Captin for to change the subbject I will tell you about sumpthing els. Jane [Glaser?] is maried but i gues I dont know his name Elizebth and Nancy black was up at awer hous last night and she Sisy wantd to start back next weke if She herse how sam is we herd to day that he was beter and all the rest of the sick folks we was glad to here it John White was to see Ishmel a [?-deleted] weck a go he has got home but he did not get to see him he was dead thirtene days before he got there I a dont know
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861521 Washington Iowa Sept 21 1861 Dear John & James I will try and answer your leter I would have answerd it when it came but stuart said that he would and he has not had time to cince he got it we are all well at present and hope that when these lines reach you they will find you enjoying the same blessing we are going to school now and we have not time to write mutch. I got a Leter from Dave braden last saturday he was well Joseph Kilgore is goin down to Davinport now he started yesterday at one oclock there is another company a going to start next Tuesday I dont know any one that is going in it but Mr Burns and Edwin Eldridg and Danys Anderson and John Cading Josia Dawson is first Lieutenant and [Iyar?] More is Captin for to change the subbject I will tell you about sumpthing els. Jane [Glaser?] is maried but i gues I dont know his name Elizebth and Nancy black was up at awer hous last night and she Sisy wantd to start back next weke if She herse how sam is we herd to day that he was beter and all the rest of the sick folks we was glad to here it John White was to see Ishmel a [?-deleted] weck a go he has got home but he did not get to see him he was dead thirtene days before he got there I a dont know
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