The Poteet Letters


	Francis M. Poteet to his wife, Martha A. Poteet

Peters Burg VA N.C. Horspitel
August 30th 1864

Dear Wife and children,

I seat my Self this Morning to Rite you afew lines to let you now that I am not very well at this time But I doo hope and pray that these few lines will Reach your kind hands and find you all injoying the best of health. you Rote that you Dident wout to Rite any More till you got a ancer. I have Kote every night but one and then I hadant no paper to Rite. you Rote like you thought that I was mad. god nows that I never thought of being if I had of bin well. I am not dangrous if I dont take A back set. I expect to try and take Care of my self. if I can I want you to still pray for me and tell all of my Friends to pray for Me. I try to pray for every body and peace it seems like that tha wont be any more peace in this life. but I still hope and pray for it I think maby that peace will come sometime are nother if we still pray for hit. The ___ng that Perry Walker brung I haint never seen them and I dont expect to see them. William Smart Mad. I think if nothing haping that I will get A Furlow against the midel of September. I haint went before the board yet but the next time it sets I think that I will go Before it. I Dont now whether I will git it are not but I expect to try it. I Received your kind letter and was glad to hear from you all and hear that you all was well but it filled my heart with Joy when I Read that Mary & Thomas had profesed Religion I was sick and could not Injoy my self as I would Come over and told me that he had them but I could not eat them. I was taking medeson. I told him to sell them the best that he could and bring me the money. he sed that the apels was wasted Roten that tha wasant no acount. he sed that he would try to save the dried fruit for me till I got well. I told him to sell the potatoes for what he could that tha would not bee fit to eat again. I got well he dident say any thing about any unions I dont now whether you sent..... [p.2]

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