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Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906
02_1862-12-17 Page 02
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all exposed and have rather easy times we use a portable patent oven to Bake in it holds a barrill of flour at a time it is kept going day and night there is two set of hands eight men six to Bake one to cut wood & keep fires the other to Cook for us each sett work twelve hours we have thirteen hundred pounds of Bread to make every twenty four hours that we do with out much trouble we take the dough out of the trough put it right into pans let stand a short time & Bake it we make pretty good Bread it is calculated that it saves the regiment tow hundred & fifty dollars a month the officers are all well pleased with it and think it a good institution the weather here is now setteled and is pleasant and trees here that are Called holly such as i have often heard you speak about. look green and beautiful they keep green all
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all exposed and have rather easy times we use a portable patent oven to Bake in it holds a barrill of flour at a time it is kept going day and night there is two set of hands eight men six to Bake one to cut wood & keep fires the other to Cook for us each sett work twelve hours we have thirteen hundred pounds of Bread to make every twenty four hours that we do with out much trouble we take the dough out of the trough put it right into pans let stand a short time & Bake it we make pretty good Bread it is calculated that it saves the regiment tow hundred & fifty dollars a month the officers are all well pleased with it and think it a good institution the weather here is now setteled and is pleasant and trees here that are Called holly such as i have often heard you speak about. look green and beautiful they keep green all
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