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Home Farm Kankakee Co Ill June 5 1862 My dear wife How much I do miss your kind care & words of affection, It has been bad weather almost all the time since I left home & I am so unwell that I need the presence & care of you my good wife. I would rather live in a log cabin with you & our dear children if you were happy there than in a palace without you, The winds have been & still are in the east, the air is damper, & the roads are very muddy, & so you may well imagine how I feel as it is necessary for me to be constantly around in order to get my work along. The bad weather has put back the work, but I have got along written down left side of page The folks here are very kind to me. I occupy the bedroom & unclear sleeps on the floor in the sitting room so as to be near me if I want any thing in the night I am glad I too Mike for he is a good fellow, N.K