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            <title>Letter from <name type="person" key="name-00000001"><reg>Robert C. Caldwell</reg><orig>R.C.C.</orig></name> to <name type="person" key="name-00000002"><reg>Mag I. Caldwell</reg><orig>M.I.C.</orig></name>, May 4th 1864</title>
            <author>Robert C. Caldwell</author>
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                <distributor>East Carolina University. J. Y. Joyner Library</distributor>
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                    <addrLine>Joyner Library, East Carolina University</addrLine>
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                <date when="1864-05-04">May 4, 1864</date>
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	<head>Letter from <name type="person" key="name-00000001"><reg>Robert C. Caldwell</reg><orig>R.C.C.</orig></name> to <name type="person" key="name-00000002"><reg>Mag I. Caldwell</reg><orig>M.I.C.</orig></name>, May 4th 1864</head>
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			<date>May, the 4, 1864</date>
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		<salute>Dear Wife</salute>
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	<p>I Seat my Self this morning to answer your kind epistel which found R.C.C in good helth By the great Blesing of God truly So,,This makes thre leters I have sent M.I.C Since I returnd to Caswell I receved one by 
<name type="person" key="name-00000006"><reg>Samuel S. Caldwell</reg><orig>S.S. Caldwell</orig></name> from you before this one I think you had beter by that wagon if you can Ambers Stafford Started home this morning I told him to come and See you furlows has Started again I think Sum of our mes will get home</p>
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	<p>Well, Mag, R.C.C hant got much to write to you of impart only I am well that is the best nuse I can Send you I am Sum times working and Sum times Standing guard I just came of gard and got your leter and read it and Sat down and answerd it So I was glad to here from you all especly from Mother tel hur I will write to hur Soon I think you dun righ not cinin<note n="1" type="edit">cinin: signing</note> McGines paper let him go to the war thats is where he ot to be</p>
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		<salute>Nuthing more</salute>
		<signed><name type="person" key="name-00000001"><reg>Robert C. Caldwell</reg><orig>R.C.C.</orig></name> to M.I.C.</signed>
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