Letter 13 Brandy sacion Virginia, Jennarey the 12, 1864

“as for marring her I wodent if never got a wife in world”

Dear Moher as I have not heard from you for some time I thot I wold wright you a few lines to let you that we ar well at present you have sertuealy have not got the last letter that we roat or we wold of got and anserbe fore this time Math wroat a letter to grammother since he rote to you and we got a anser about a weak afo well I expect you begin to think that it is time we were a sending you som money a gan I wold of sent yousom long a fo but I thot that I wold keep it so it I got to com home I wold have money to com with I think if you wold get sombodey to see to it for you you cold draw som money from the Coutey you have just as good a right as eney budey else othr wons gets it and you can to if you try you can tell Nancey that she need not fret her self about me a wrighting to Ann Rinker for I have never rote her a letter yet and that ant the worst I ant agont to and as for marring her I wodent if never got a wife in world and I thot she wold of nod better than to of thot of such a thing