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We are going to receive 4 months pay this afternoon or tomorrow, which I will send home the first [opportunity?] I have.Noe mother you [will?] excuse bad writing and a short letter when I tell you that I have a felon on my right [five?] finger which though not very painful, is very unhandy to write with. It will probably be well in a few days, as I have had it opened, and I will write you a long and [interesting?] letter about Huntsville and my native state, My love to all Your Son [John?] C. Fleming Address as before.