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1Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Requires 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 to let you know that we are boath well and much hope ing that this may find you all enjoying the same good blesing, I have no news of intrust to write we have had a long rest since we have bin here, tho I expect we will have to leave here to day, we have orders to be ready to march at amoments warning, I do know not know which way we will go, I received a letter from & sister yesterday dated the 8 of Oct & one from sister the other day dated the 5 of Oct, [2] I was sorry to hear of sickness being in the neighbour hood, we have some little sickness in camp tho not as much at present as has bin we have too sick men in our company Bage Pritchett & John Hundley[3] thay are not sick much tho thay are not able for sentry, I have enjoyed very good health since we left Richmond. I think I can stand the service now if thay will gave me enough to eat, we have goten a plenty since we have bin here accept salt, same we have not goten more than half enough salt I am glad that we are going to leave this place. for the people through here are all mostly quakers, and I had almost aslive be with the yankees as to be with the quakers, the yankees will sell us eny thing cheap for the specia tho thay will not take our notes, the quakers will sell any thing thay have got when the spirit moves them, tho we cant catch them rite half our time, I will hush about the yankees and quakers, and tel you what a interesting meeting has bin going on in Camp, it has bin going on for near a month, nearly every night thay has bin a good meney converts since the meeting commenced I think it is time for them to turn after being blesed so plainley as they have bin in the past battles, I think Mr Penic [4] had changed very much, be fore he was taken sick. he said that he was deter min to do better than he had bin do ing I dont think I ever saw a plainer change in eny person than there was in him,
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