| | 1 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters | | | | Description: | I write you afew lines this morning which
will inform you that my self & brother are both well and geting on finely.
and I much hope this may reach you in due time
and find you all injoying the best of
health and all other
blesing, I have no news of importance to
write,
we have bin near
Chambers Burg
for several days. and I
reaconwe will stay several days longer, we have quite a nice time sence we have
bin
Pennsylvania
in the way of something to eat we can get plenty
of milk & & butter and apple butter
that is verry good
the citerzens in this country all seem to
be afraid of us
thay treat us verry
kind
though I beleave it
is don through fear
the most of our Virginia boys treat them verrykind though
thare is some of our extream southern troops has
treated the people badley I am sorry thay do so.
it is against ed
Gen
Lees
orders to interrupt private prop erty,
this is a verry flourishing
looking Country the crops all look fine. the country has
it has never felt the affect of the war, though I guess if we stay here long it
will feel the affect of it,
our quater masters & Commisarys has goten
agreat
meney
nesarys for our army sence we have bin in this state | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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