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+ | 10 Nov. 1862 | ||
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+ | My dear Cousin | ||
+ | |||
+ | Howdy! | ||
+ | |||
+ | We - [?] [Brown?] & I arrived | ||
+ | here last night from our | ||
+ | dear & lovely ‘Dixie’ - We are on | ||
+ | our way to the active sail | ||
+ | of the water We expect to take | ||
+ | the steamer which leaves | ||
+ | Boston day after tomorrow - | ||
+ | and letters will reach me | ||
+ | if directed to the care of | ||
+ | Fraser, [T...holm..?] & Co. - | ||
+ | Liverpool - | ||
+ | |||
+ | We left home about | ||
+ | two month ago – the rest | ||
+ | of the family was then in | ||
+ | F’Burg – they would by no | ||
+ | means be caught again | ||
+ | within the lines of the enemy. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [Pg2] | ||
+ | |||
+ | I am [?] not sure where | ||
+ | they are. [Hence?] the [enquire.?] | ||
+ | [direction?] on the enclosed, which | ||
+ | pray do me the favor to | ||
+ | foreward by the first favor- | ||
+ | able opportunity – and also | ||
+ | mention us in your letters | ||
+ | to Nan. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Send my love to my wife | ||
+ | & children, and to Rutson | ||
+ | if he is with you, & [write?] | ||
+ | [me?] as [?] | ||
+ | |||
+ | Your Affectionate | ||
+ | friend & kinsman | ||
+ | |||
+ | M. F.Maury | ||
+ | |||
+ | Miss Anne Maury | ||
+ | 365 4th St | ||
+ | New York |
Revision as of 09:10, 13 March 2013
Halifax 10 Nov. 1862
My dear Cousin
Howdy!
We - [?] [Brown?] & I arrived here last night from our dear & lovely ‘Dixie’ - We are on our way to the active sail of the water We expect to take the steamer which leaves Boston day after tomorrow - and letters will reach me if directed to the care of Fraser, [T...holm..?] & Co. - Liverpool -
We left home about two month ago – the rest of the family was then in F’Burg – they would by no means be caught again within the lines of the enemy.
[Pg2]
I am [?] not sure where they are. [Hence?] the [enquire.?] [direction?] on the enclosed, which pray do me the favor to foreward by the first favor- able opportunity – and also mention us in your letters to Nan.
Send my love to my wife & children, and to Rutson if he is with you, & [write?] [me?] as [?]
Your Affectionate friend & kinsman
M. F.Maury
Miss Anne Maury 365 4th St New York