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Wise-Clark family papers, May-July 1865
1865-05-14-Page 04-Letter 02
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and the roads were quite muddy this morning, about twelve oclock, though. Our b'hoys have planted nearly 30 acres of corn, & will begin in the morning on another piece of ground containing about 40 acres, & then have about 15 more to put in corn, not all plowed yet. There has been so much cold weather that what corn is in the ground, as has been for some time, is rotting the past dry weather favored it, some. Jeff is at Louisville, now; his negro regiment, or his part of it will be put in the Regular Army, and I suppose, from what he says he will go in it, too, He has been acting as Adjutant, and the Surgeon wants him to accept the position; he dident know whether he would, there was so much to do, and there wasent as much chance of promotion as the first Lieutenant had. If I was at home Walter would propably write to your better half, oh, excuse me I meant wusser half. No harm intended. What kind of a net did you [want? a] scoop net, I suppose, to catch fish in. O, I say some of your girls at meeting last Sunday, Preacher Hudsons meeting at our school house. Said Hutton asked ever so many questions about you; I told her she must write to you, at first she thought she would not, but concluded she might. Hudson was at our house for supper. Sent his kind regards to Matilda, and Jeffersons Aunt Maria has had some visitors, too. were there over a week. Hagar took them to Hudsons yesterday
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and the roads were quite muddy this morning, about twelve oclock, though. Our b'hoys have planted nearly 30 acres of corn, & will begin in the morning on another piece of ground containing about 40 acres, & then have about 15 more to put in corn, not all plowed yet. There has been so much cold weather that what corn is in the ground, as has been for some time, is rotting the past dry weather favored it, some. Jeff is at Louisville, now; his negro regiment, or his part of it will be put in the Regular Army, and I suppose, from what he says he will go in it, too, He has been acting as Adjutant, and the Surgeon wants him to accept the position; he dident know whether he would, there was so much to do, and there wasent as much chance of promotion as the first Lieutenant had. If I was at home Walter would propably write to your better half, oh, excuse me I meant wusser half. No harm intended. What kind of a net did you [want? a] scoop net, I suppose, to catch fish in. O, I say some of your girls at meeting last Sunday, Preacher Hudsons meeting at our school house. Said Hutton asked ever so many questions about you; I told her she must write to you, at first she thought she would not, but concluded she might. Hudson was at our house for supper. Sent his kind regards to Matilda, and Jeffersons Aunt Maria has had some visitors, too. were there over a week. Hagar took them to Hudsons yesterday
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