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>, July the 30th 1864 Robert C. Caldwell Text encoded by Adam D. Friedman East Carolina University. J. Y. Joyner Library
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2007 j37 Robert C. Caldwell Collection 20 miles from Wilmington, N.C. July 30, 1864

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Letter from Robert C. CaldwellR.C.C. to Mag I. CaldwellM.I.C., July the 30th 1864
Wilmington, N.C. Camp Jackson
Dear Wife

I take the present opertunity of Droping you a fu lines to let you here from Robert C. CaldwellR.C.C. his helth is good By the Blesing of god I am Still at Wilmington (N.C.)Wilmington the helth of this place is good I receved your leters Dated the 25 and 27 the one that came by Charlston came in 3 days it came as soon as the 25 one this is the hotest Day I felt I Beleve this is a hot cuntry Down here I expect We Will Stay here a while the prics is A Wful Watermelon is ten and twelve Dolars chicken is ten Dolars a head buter ten Dol per Pound Apels 3 Dol a Dusen peaches 4 Dolars a Dusen cucumbers 4 Dolars a Dosen tomatoes one dol a dozen rasberries one Dol a crate

So you Se how we git things I Bot me a quart of molases I Pade ten Dolars for a quart I Broke the mane Spring of my Wach I tride to get it fix the Smith Sed he must have 20 Dol for mending it I think I Will Send it home to get it mended the first chance I get I Dont feel like paying So much I expect to Send this leter By hand by Starens he Starts in the morning I hant got No Nuse of intrest crops looks very well Down here We had a fine rane yesterday this makes 3 leters Robert C. CaldwellR C C has wrote M.I.C Since I came Back from Charlston

Nuthing more at present Rite Soon and often Robert C. CaldwellR.C.C. M.I.C. January the 30 1864