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| − | <html><p>I have made $400 last year, I have made | + | <html><p>I have made $400 last year, but this year I have made </p> |
<p>my business is I think not so good. I have</p> | <p>my business is I think not so good. I have</p> | ||
| − | <p>$<span style="text-decoration: underline;">120</span> house rent | + | <p>$<span style="text-decoration: underline;">120</span> house rent to pay, am obliged to keep</p> |
<p>two servants a woman and a girl. I have</p> | <p>two servants a woman and a girl. I have</p> | ||
<p>three children, all boys, the youngest only seven</p> | <p>three children, all boys, the youngest only seven</p> | ||
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<p>I know, but it is of no use crying what is</p> | <p>I know, but it is of no use crying what is</p> | ||
<p>done cant be helped. But when I think what I</p> | <p>done cant be helped. But when I think what I</p> | ||
| − | <p>might have been, and then look at myself | + | <p>might have been, and then look at myself and</p> |
<p>see what I now am, it is impossible then</p> | <p>see what I now am, it is impossible then</p> | ||
<p>to describe my feelings, to see many tides</p> | <p>to describe my feelings, to see many tides</p> | ||
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<p>nearly 200 hundred men, one of which is on their</p> | <p>nearly 200 hundred men, one of which is on their</p> | ||
<p>way to Mexico, the other left this place last</p> | <p>way to Mexico, the other left this place last</p> | ||
| − | <p>week on Tuesday for | + | <p>week on Tuesday for Old point comfort, and will</p> |
| − | <p>start soon for the | + | <p>start soon for the seat of war, two went</p></html> |
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<html>I have made $400 last year, but this year I have made
my business is I think not so good. I have
$120 house rent to pay, am obliged to keep
two servants a woman and a girl. I have
three children, all boys, the youngest only seven
weeks old. My boys are all well. My wife is very
unwell and has been so ever since last [summer?]
so you see with the times I have, and the large
family I have to take care of, I have nothing
else to expect but to work hard and live and
die a poor devil. If I had the last ten
years to live over again it would be very different
I know, but it is of no use crying what is
done cant be helped. But when I think what I
might have been, and then look at myself and
see what I now am, it is impossible then
to describe my feelings, to see many tides
which I have not taken in this time my brain
is then on fire, my mind a perfect hell.
I hope your fortune, your prospects may never
be as gloomy as mine is just now, no more of that.
We have had quite a war fever here two com-
panies of volunteers have been mustered in this little
town (which is not near as large as New haven) of
nearly 200 hundred men, one of which is on their
way to Mexico, the other left this place last
week on Tuesday for Old point comfort, and will
start soon for the seat of war, two went
</html>