1862 May 30

[From the diary of Lt. John Tyler of Letcher's Artillery]

 May 30^th  Tom, B &

Ellis M – went in town this morning &

intend letting me go this evening.  The Gov

Col . Morton, Col Marshall, & Col.s [sic]

took made us a visit this morning

[in another handwriting is written:]

    “Be sure to keep up

writing.  Have amused my

self this morning, reading

this.  Do not believe they

will be so cruel as to

send you way off from

me to Jackson.”

   In accordance with the above

order I append the following.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

[Diary will not resume until July 30]

MSS 6150