1862 May 5 [Washington, D.C. defenses]

                   Camron Station Va.

                        May 5^th 1862

              Mr. Garretsee

                             Dear Sir.

                               We received

our pay last Friday   I have  

    just mailed twenty five

Dollars for you in a package sent

through by Adams Express   the

it is directed to Mr. G. Hamilton

you will get the money from

him   Dwight Dan, & John Kehoe

send money in the same package

it will arive there as soon as my

letter for it is going out in the

same mail.  When you receive it

send me a receipt of the amount

I received your letter the day after

I had written to you   Was glad to

hear that you were all well &

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that Mrs. Garretsee’s flower roots

Wintered ove oer nice   I suppose

that Julia makes great progres

in her music lessons   how does Jennie

prosper   does she pick the flowers

as much as ever,   I am glad you

got rid of that miserable Subject

Bastedo for I think he was worse

than nothing,  We are all well

and I never liked Soldering better

than at the present.

the report has just come that

Yorktown is evacuated

I have no more time to write now

as the Mail is just going out

I should lik to hear from you all

I have not yet receved Mrs. Garretsee’s

letter that you spoke about in your

letter,  Write Soon   No more a presn’t

                           Wm C. Kewin[?]

possibly William C. Kewin,  8th Regiment N. Y. Cavalry

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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