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“Dear loved ones at home”, from Henry Patterson, approximately 1862

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Title “Dear loved ones at home”, from Henry Patterson, approximately 1862

Creator Patterson, Henry, 1843-

Date approximately 1862

Place Missouri--Springfield

Language English

Subjects Brothers and sisters, Pea Ridge, Battle of, Ark., 1862, Prairie Grove, Battle of, Ark., 1862, United States, Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Description Letter contains: soldier’s life, plans for after the war.

User-Contributed Transcription Sallie, how are you, I hope you are rid of that miserable old ager I speck that is it. you thought you would get sick and lay in bed awhile this molasses was making [illegible] for sure though. [crackey?] When we come home we can sit in the parlor and play the [illegible] and amuse our selves as best we can. While [illegible] go out and [hicth?] up old fox and bet and do up the Nicer workI read a note/through proper/ from Mrs. E.C. Hatfield she said you were looking for a letter from me. I s'pose you have [illegible] [this?] [time?] [illegible] [Her?] I'm going to write a long letter to her soon I wrote to John a week or so ago, looking for an answer

Archival Collection Title Henry Patterson and James Patterson papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Patterson Box 1 Folder 1

BibID 991836188805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 1778px × 2751px 14.03 MB

Filename 991836188805867_midwest_ms_patterson_box_01_fl_001_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL1Z3WW

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