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Ft. Delaware
June 21st. 1864
Dear Sister:
It is with pleasure
this morning I take a few
moments to write you a short
epistle. I recieved your very wel-
come letter Saturday, was deligh-
ted to hear that you are all well, &
much pleased with the present.
Tell mother I will surely think of
her as frequently as I take any of the
contents of the house-wife from their
lurking place. Enclosed you will
find two rings which I bestow
one to each of you for your hospit-
alities. They were made by the Rebel
prisoners, those that have agreed to
take the oath of allegiance are allow-
ed to peddle them. I purchased them
from one of them. Recieve them
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as a token of remembrance from
your brother & son. Tell the rest
I intend to send them all some pre-
sent as soon as I can get something
suitable. We are both well at
present & enjoying ourselves very
well. Jeff is out at the river fishing
The boys catch fish in abundance.
They are very plenty in the river
principally cat fish. There are no
particular news at present here only
some more prisoners keep coming
once & awhile. there are about eleven thou-
sand here now. the boys make them
stand around about right. Tell pap
I am glad to know that he is getting
along so well as he is with his work
& that he has got as much wool as he
has. tell him ifhe gets as many dollars
as he has pounds he will do very well.
I wrote a letter to unkle Jacob
when I was at Relay but have
got no answer to it yet. Let me
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know when you write whether
he ever got it or not. Well you
said if we wished a box of provisions
sent you would send them if we thou-
ght we would get them. I apprehend
there is no danger but what we
will get them if you are careful
in directing the box or barrel or what
ever you may send them in.
The Bloomfield company & some
of the Steubenville companies have
recieved considerable of stuff. Now
I am going to tell you I want you
to send some. Oliver Naylor & Jacob
McGrew have sent word to their folks
to send them some & they want you to
see them & all send together. I think
it would be a very good plan. the
expressage probably would not be so
much. You can send ours with theirs
or in a package by it's self
as you see proper. Now I am going to
tell you what I want you to send.
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I want a can of butter, some apple
butter, molasses, canned fruit, mustard
dryed apples & such other things as you
see proper. It will be useless to send pies
as they would spoil before they would get
here. be careful in packing the stuff.
The best thing you could put it in would
be cans sealed, mark each what is in
it & put the name on each pack so we
will know which is ours. Tell Mrs. Ryle,
Rea, Akin & Kate Jolmston if they see proper
to send me something it would be very excep-
table. don't forget to tell Aunt Susan
to send something if you see her.
Mr. Whitton said to tell his old gal he wanted
her to send him a box of light cakes, a roast
chicken some butter & such other articles
as she sees proper & send it along with
ours. I want you to send it by express
The boys requested it to be sent in
my name & told me to tell you to tell
Nathan Naylor to have it so done. we
want you to send it so we can get it
against the 4th of July. If our time is
counted from the 2nd of May it is [1/2] in today.
Direct the same as you do letters
nothing more but remains your
true Sons & Brothers
George & Jeff Glover
