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				<title>Letter from Robert C. Caldwell to Mag I. Caldwell, Oct 8th 1863</title>
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				<distributor>East Carolina University. J. Y. Joyner Library</distributor>
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				<date>2007</date>
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					<date when="1863-10-08">October 8, 1863</date>
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				<head>Letter from <name type="person" key="name-00000001">Robert C. Caldwell</name> to Mag I. Caldwell, Oct 8th 1863</head>
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						<date>Oct the 8 1863</date>
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				<p>I take my pen in  hand to let you no that i am well I hope those fu lines will find you engoying the Same bessing of god  Mag i has wrote you two leters bfor this one I herd you was taking on about it by Some Caldwells letter i hope you har recived them before now Mag  I want you Send me sum potaoes Sweet bread and tarts and biscuts i dont no meat and Sum coffe by this boy Cleb he Starts home this evening put your provesions in with Mary Sams Box</p>
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				<p>Send the box to <name type="place" key="name-00000017"><reg>Harrisburg (N.C.)</reg><orig>Harris Burg</orig></name> he wil be back in a week to <name type="place" key="name-00000017"><reg>Harrisburg (N.C.)</reg><orig>Harrisburg</orig></name> you see Mary Sam and make up the Box and hav it at the Depo when he returning in about 6 or 7 days</p>
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					<salute>nuthing more at present But remain your true friend</salute>
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							<reg>Robert C. Caldwell</reg>
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						</name>until death M.I.C</signed>
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