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La Porte Indiana Feb 14th 1864 Dear Wife

  I fully expected this sabbath morning to have received a letter from you my dear good wife, but I have been disappointed. The last letter I received from you was written Feb 1 = two weeks ago comes to-morrow & it reached me one week ago to-day. I also received a letter from you one week ago come to-morrow but that letter was written two weeks ago last Friday so you see I am in doubt about your health & that of the children. I presume you have written me & that I shall get the letter to-morrow morning in the mail that comes from the west as I have received some of your letters before from that direction. I am not very well this morning. My food hurts me & I have no appetite & then I am so nervous. Unless I feel better I shall be compelled to have a vacation & get away from here. I feel very anxious however to pay what I owe for debts contracted while we were at the farm & must do so some way. I hope I shall feel better in a day or two. I will try & throw off my feelings of loneliness & homesickness & nervousness & be myself again. If I could only get such food as I need I think I should succeed. I require you know