Shipman Family Correspondence

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Document Type: Autograph Letter

Author: [Jesse Albert Shipman]
Date: October 23, 1861
Place: Richmond, Virginia
To: Andrew R. Shipman

Number: MSN/CW 5043-05

Transcribed by: George Rugg, 2008

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oct 23 1861 Richmen Veg

Dear father and ~~mother~~ I take the oppotunity of droping you a few lines to let you new that I am well and well satesfied But I woold bee Better satesfied if I cold see you all polk has got the meisels I sent twenty doler home in cear of Henery lane pay Jack five dolers for me We have here at Richmen a few days we will to morrow morning to go to manases a one hunded yankee prisnrs there is fifteen hundred here i reseved the clothing you sent to me and was glad to see them we git a plenty to eat we have got our army and good office

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andwespect to go to washington sity I do not no when you will here from me again we have a Better Capt then every so no more at present but reman your son utill death

Transcription last modified: 07 Dec 2009 at 01:47 PM EST

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