Correspondence

William Craig to John Masters

1864-05-30

Date of Creation
May 30, 1864
Place of Creation
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR11-253 to BR11-254
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1143
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FTP Identifier
32204030

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1864-05-30
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William Craig to John Masters, 1864-05-30, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-1143 (November 12, 2026).

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Coumberland Hospital
May the 30th 1864

Well uncle Jack how ar you to Day I am all Rite except my foot it hirts me So Bad to Day I Canot walk any I hope that you ar all well you Can Rite to me and Direct your leaters to Coumberland Hospital 2 Division Nashville Tenn Wm Craig you will Pleas go and See my mother and tell hir to Put Some tobacoe and Some other things in A Box and express it to me for I am Starving to Death in this Place tell meriah that I would like to Bee

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thare to have Some good Buter milk

I have Seen the grate Big may Picnic and the musick was not So nice as you have heard the Fidler hirt my foot So i did not get to Dance onley one time they Did not want me to have no fun you will not for get to have that Box Sent as Soon as you git this leater if you Pleas Sir if you Could See the fix I am in you Could guess for your Self how I feal we hav nothing for Breakfast and the Same all Day long

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Send me Some Paper and invelops and Some Postage Stamps for I have not Dawd one cent of money yet and I dont now when I will my Papers is So far away I Cant tell when I will git them you will tell grand mother and america good morning for me tell meriah and ant make to kiss tilley for me

So nomore at Presant But Rite as Soon as you git this leater

Wm Craig to J Masters and family

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Send me Some papers to Read from Cincinnati