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1862-12-04 Page 2

After wee Sold the Cattle wee went
Down to Washington thare wee Stoped
4 days In wandering About the Citty
Looking At the goverment buildings
[Nightes?] wee Sayed At Fort Davis
With the boys that went from this 
{place?] Now Henry I Advise you Neaver
to Enlist to go In the Army Iff you 
go by A Draft I think the boys
Has hard fair thare tent Are Cold
And thare living Cheepe On loaf of
Bredd A Day And One Small piece
of Meete per Day Coffee In the Morning
Tea At Night this Is thare Living
Henry the Capital At Washington Is
A Nice place the building cost 2 Million
Dollars this Is the Largeste building In 
North America I was gon 2 months 
Home Henry the bags that your  wheat
was Sent In you Did Not put in the Note
thay will be 2,00 Iff i Can Mak George
Kirk [?] through of 1 bushel that his 1,20
to Come Out of the bags

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After wee Sold the Cattle wee went Down to Washington thare wee Stoped 4 days In wandering About the Citty Looking At the goverment buildings [Nightes?] wee Sayed At Fort Davis With the boys that went from this {place?] Now Henry I Advise you Neaver to Enlist to go In the Army Iff you go by A Draft I think the boys Has hard fair thare tent Are Cold And thare living Cheepe On loaf of Bredd A Day And One Small piece of Meete per Day Coffee In the Morning Tea At Night this Is thare Living Henry the Capital At Washington Is A Nice place the building cost 2 Million Dollars this Is the Largeste building In North America I was gon 2 months Home Henry the bags that your wheat was Sent In you Did Not put in the Note thay will be 2,00 Iff i Can Mak George Kirk [?] through of 1 bushel that his 1,20 to Come Out of the bags