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[[image]] New Orleans Sunday Evening January 23rd. 1842 [[image]] | [[image]] New Orleans Sunday Evening January 23rd. 1842 [[image]] | ||
My Dear Wife, I fell quite happy this evening to know the time has so near arrived when I expect to head for the "Queen City," where I expect to find my dear Wife and babe enjoying good health, and ready to welcome my return ___ I think we will leave here on Wednesday the 27th [[ish?]] And if we should have a fair trip, arrive in Cincinnati about the 6 or 7th Feby, as I stated in my last letter from Vicksburg on my downward passage, which you probably rec'd by due course of Steam Boat. ___ | My Dear Wife, I fell quite happy this evening to know the time has so near arrived when I expect to head for the "Queen City," where I expect to find my dear Wife and babe enjoying good health, and ready to welcome my return ___ I think we will leave here on Wednesday the 27th [[ish?]] And if we should have a fair trip, arrive in Cincinnati about the 6 or 7th Feby, as I stated in my last letter from Vicksburg on my downward passage, which you probably rec'd by due course of Steam Boat. ___ You may make up your month for something good in the fruit [[line?]], as I will endeavor to bring you up a little of all kinds, and a few oysters to eat with it. ___ | ||
Now I will write what I forgot in my last, and that is, for you to be ready to return to New Orleans with me, this visit to the great city of the south, has been considerable time in contemplation, and I want to fulfill my promise which I made some time ago, by having all the family come down with us. Mother must try to make up her mind, so as to be ready, Because | |||
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image New Orleans Sunday Evening January 23rd. 1842 image My Dear Wife, I fell quite happy this evening to know the time has so near arrived when I expect to head for the "Queen City," where I expect to find my dear Wife and babe enjoying good health, and ready to welcome my return ___ I think we will leave here on Wednesday the 27th ish? And if we should have a fair trip, arrive in Cincinnati about the 6 or 7th Feby, as I stated in my last letter from Vicksburg on my downward passage, which you probably rec'd by due course of Steam Boat. ___ You may make up your month for something good in the fruit line?, as I will endeavor to bring you up a little of all kinds, and a few oysters to eat with it. ___ Now I will write what I forgot in my last, and that is, for you to be ready to return to New Orleans with me, this visit to the great city of the south, has been considerable time in contemplation, and I want to fulfill my promise which I made some time ago, by having all the family come down with us. Mother must try to make up her mind, so as to be ready, Because