Dear wife it is

with plesier that I take my

pen in hand to Let you

know that I ame well at

presant and hope that you

are the Same well Mary I

hant had A leter from you

for 1 month and I hope that

you will write to me Soon

as this comes to hand and I

will answer them it Sems

to mee as tho you had forgot

mee and I want you to write

to mee well Mary I thought

at nashville that I wold get

home Soon but I dont

think that I will Soon

well Mary I Seen Somthing

more than I would if I had got ten