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``July the 11, 1863
Dear cousin:
It is with the greatest of pleasure I do take my pen in hand to inform that I am well at present and I hope when these few lines come to hand may find you the same.
We had a hard rain here last night and this morning we are not going as was reported. We were to go two weeks ago but because of a great disturbance in Boston and we are a-going to stay till by the resisting draft there, a white regiment here and they went in once or twice they
July 17 and they was killed 18 or 20 of them: They are all Irish and have ( ) execution and all so in New York.
Give Jo Sheen one of the coppers. Let me tell you I am a-going to send some money home in a few days and what Soder (?) I write to do with I wish you will carefully do and respectably do. I expect it will be in next week by express at Vincennes of the Soldiers an Irish lieutenant today at twelve o'clock knocked him down, they put him guard house. The ol woman, no more at
John J. Joseph
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rest until I tell you the time I started from. You might suppose that I acted quite presumptuous
and so do I but forgive me for I was very heavy so heavy ( ) passed home. No more at present answer
as soon as can.
John Posey to Joseph W. Embry
Mathias Embry Bruceville [Knox] County Indiana