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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-1143 BR11-253 to BR11-254

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1864-05-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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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