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January 12th. 1873
kind friend your letter Come to hand in do time I was glad to hear frame You that you ar in joying your self the best you Can I wish that you was here the snow is a bot 8 inches deep the sley go the bell Jingle the boys and girls ar glad to in joys it I am sory to hear that you Cant in joys your self by going to school on the Cont of the bog girls dont [?] Come at hear [?].
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/ it will pay you to be here to you Could in joying your self her to day
Well John I got Marriage on the 5 Day of January to Miss Ann Reasoner. [illegible] of blackard Co Ind. I want you to go in an your nerves to see Mary Reâ?? And you Will be a brethan law to mee that will sound big want it Sound like [illegible]
I Want you to let Mee now when you git marriage
I Cant Send you A piece of the weding Cake
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I send you a piece of the Dress that Is all of that you mus for give mee for not Wrighting soon
Well John Secrest[?] the Son Is Over At The ridge for Some tim withe mee I Looking fore you And Mary to do the Same that I Don that is to git Marriage to So no more to Day this all at pre /
Wright Soon As Come to hand give the mee [illegible] plesee
[no signature; Decator Sprague?]
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July the 11 /65
Dear miss it is with pleasur that I seat my self to rite you a fiew lines in reply to your of the 30 I Was glad to hear from you for it apears to me like I Cante here from any one but you I am glad to hear that the G[?]4 has got home for I should like to git home my self for here is a poor place for me for here is a poor place for me We hante got hardely Any thing to eat here the boyes is raising a...
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the 130 stacked theier gunes and swore that they woldent do any thing till they got some rations they got some this morning I guste now heard a speach frome the Indiania state agent he sais that we git home in side of five weaks that the pleases the boyes very Well the is three regments starts home from here this morning ande some more tomorow morning startes home and I hope the time Will soon Come When We Can starte home the Was three Nigers shot here the 4 of July the boyes goes for the nigers here but...
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sea each other a gain
Well I muste Close For this time Rite soon Direct to Charlottie N C you muste excuse me bad riting and spelling for my pen is bad my ink is pail my love for you Will never fail
No more at presant but I remain your Friende till Death
Decator Sprague
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Officers Hospital Louisville KY
Dec 16th 1864
Miss Sarah E McVicker
Madam I hardly know how to commence writing for it has been so long since I have heard from you that I dont know what to write. I must tell you that I am in the Hospital sick. I have been unable to sit up much at a time for ten days and I am getting no better yet I have no appetite to eat any thing in fact I do not know whether I will ever get stout again I have contracted a Disease of the Breast that
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it will take a long time to cure I would like to get home again if it was so that I could But I am satisfied I will not complain now But what am I writing Please excuse me for I am so at times that I scarcely know what I am doing I think I Better quit for the present write as soon as you get this
Direct
Lieut Wm L Ritter
Officers Hospital Louisville KY
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April the 9 1865
my Dear friend I take my pen in hand to let you know that I am well at presant and I hope when these few lines come to hand they will find you injoying the same state of health I receive your letter and was glad to herar from you the reason I did not write to you any sooner I was working away from home so I had no chance to write I got a letter frome lib a few days ago she was well and harty they is snow on
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the ground here a bout frore[?] inches deep that does prety well for this time of year I would like to see you and all of the inquire friends all tho I dont know when I shall I thought I would come out ther next fall but I dont now wother I shall or not for times is so hard out here but I saupos they will get better for our men has[illegible] taken richmon good is come [illegible] now they is not much news out here now I must close for this time for they is a young man...
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hardly write so good by write soon if you pleas
James C Havens
[illegible] Sarah E Mcvicke
rember me when
this you see so
good by
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Satuerdy
December the 24 1864
Much respect miss i seat my self this morning to rite you a fiew lines in reply to your leter that i resieved laste nite I was glad to hear from you or any body from that parte of the cuntry for I havent heard from thare but once sence i lefte thare but I hope you wonte marke my name from your book of corispondence for it apears to me like i have no friend at home but you
Well i said I wolde sende you pictur in the nexte leter but I cant...
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For We Have bin running olde Hood from nashvill and couldent git it taken but the firste time I have a chance i will git it taken ande sende it to you we are laing Close to a litle town Called Calumba a bout 40 miles south of nashvill and it is hard telling what we will do we are laing here for fother orders I giste now got some good nuse that a Jeferson C daffis has shot him self so much so good and if that is so I think [?]the ware will soon Close and I donte...
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But I expect i am as well sadisfide as al moste any one elce that ever wente out in the servis you said that you wanted me to rite ande tell you what barbe Slater sais she hante rote to me sence I come back ande i donte expect she will and i donte wante her to i think she had beter save her paper and ink for beter use Well I muste Close By asking you to rite if you see fame[?] tell her that I wolde like for her to rite if she pleas for I should like...
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Decator Sprague
Direct to nashvill tenasee Co I 130 regment
So no more at presant rite son excuse my bad riting and spelling for my ink is frose till it is spilte
Rite soon
And often
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Dec. 31st 1873
Brother El. and Sister
At Home this terrible muddy weather I thought I would write and let you know that we were all well and fat. I expect you and Sally thank John and I a great deal for our visit during Holidays but too tell the truth it was so bad that I could not stand it to come and thought I would stay at Home but will promise to come in the spring if I donnot teach
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Well tomorrow is New Years and we are going to have a big hunt and you aught to be here and go along then at noon we will eat a little turkey if we can get it and I am invited to one at Noah Reasoners and think that I will go. Oh Yes Os and Ella are up at Davids to night as lovely as two little Roosters on a Spring Morning with their first Spurs on. I am getting along with my school very well with an average of 45 scholars and you may guess that I am...
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I have found one since I have last saw you that I call a good one and she is very lively and handsome think maby I will take her in about spring what think you. I have had one weeks vacation and will begin on monday again for three months and think will then take one for two months at Dogtown which will make me five Months more before I will be through. Oh yes I must tell you about my hunting I killed ten squirrels this week and we have had plenty to eat
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Well El I have not traded Horses any since you was here Still have Pony yet and I tell you he is getting fat and nice was offered $80.00 for him yesterday but have not sold him yet but think I will sell him in a few days
I will Close Come and see us when you can you must still look for John for he is still talking of comeing
So no more at Present Write soon
Yours J.W. McVicker
Wheeling Ind
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