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I received your letter a few days ago and it was rote on the 4th of April i was glad to here from you and was glad to here you was well and the rest allso, but you saide you there was to be draft there all i do hope is that it will [fetch?] [out?] some of the butternutes in the field i think it will bring them to [limirick?] or [lucifer?] or some other way so i do hope the draft will cum and fetch some of the north rebbles you said you was afraid i wasen a going to cum home in the fall it ma not be the case but if i can i will that is so the war may be over before fall i hope it will be but it don't look like it [now?] but i dont think they will hold out much longer nor i dont think they can much longer, you stated that they was a going to tare down the house over me if they do i dont think any more of them their rebbles and i think if they cant git me a house for you to live i think they [illegible][illegible] but i think