William H. Barton to Hiram Barton
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I received your most welcom letter a friday night i was glad to
hear from you and to hear you was well i am well and hope
this will find you enjoying the same blessing thare is no
newes here to write onley it is very cold and windy here all
the time the wind blows and the snow flys as bad as i ever
see it north and it is as cold the sitizens say they have
not had so hard a winter in 12 twelve years as this is i
suppose they are a fighting same nowdays a round richmond
and Petersburg i have not seen eny paper nor herd eny thing
for three or four days Mead had gone on to the Weldon
Railroad and had a little fighting
you can git
the war newes thare as quick as we do hear i suppose
Americus Spaulding has got the Palpitations of the hart agin
now thare is another Draft i hope he will have to come this
time and thare is a number that i no around thare i hope
will have to come this time i will name some of them
Lafayett and Americus Spalding and the two Dar Thomsons and
a number others that felt so nice to think they dident have
to go to war tell them to come rite along for we want all
the help we can git i want all to come that voted the sesh
ticket it is so cold i cant write any more now Monday it is
prety cold to day but not so windy as it was yesterday i
have no more news to day than i had yesterday i have seen no
papers yet
Elisha Haskells wife is here in
winchester i have seen her but onse to talk with her She
says she dont like see so many nigers i saw Elisha yesterday
he said the thought she would stay here a week or ten days
yet Abner Mead is is hear he came to me to day to no whare
to direct a letter to Theadore he said he was agoing to
write to him to night I cant think of any more this time
write soon and of the newes give my love to all keep a share
for yourself yours with respect
This from your brother Wm H Barton
To H H Barton