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as though twas the hardest job in the world

And the news consists of finding fault with

my not writing or fears for my wellfair,

or some other nonsense, I have not received

one page of this size, full of news since I

left home, why I can see more in one

member of the Lynn Reporter, then I have got

in all the letters I have received from Lynn,

Tell Clara I will write as soon as I get

a chance, I would this afternoon but

[Jim] has made sutch a damed Smoke

I cant see an inch before my nose.

You say we have lost our Maj. Gen. I dont

make much [?] who comands, as long as the

damed [infernal] fools at home and at

Washington mix in the matter. There never

will be anything done by the army of the

Potomac 'till they stop medling with what they know

nothing about. Give my love to mother and the children, and

the rest Hell till they write to me as they can if they are onely

a mind to, Yours Truly   Wm F Morgan