States that he is sending money, and mentions that his health is poor. Transcription: Coliervill[Collierville] Tenn May the 8th / 63 Dear Sister and Brother I agane Seat my self to inform you that my helth is not so good to Day as it has Been heretofore as I have Just returned from a 10 Days Scout in Missippi[Mississippi] I would write you a long letter if I was well enough to do it But as it is I Shall write But a fiew lines till I get Better then I will write the full Details of the Scout I Should not write know But I want to send you Some money you y will find 50 Dollars inclosed in this f
States that he is sending money, and mentions that his health is poor. Transcription: Coliervill[Collierville] Tenn May the 8th / 63 Dear Sister and Brother I agane Seat my self to inform you that my helth is not so good to Day as it has Been heretofore as I have Just returned from a 10 Days Scout in Missippi[Mississippi] I would write you a long letter if I was well enough to do it But as it is I Shall write But a fiew lines till I get Better then I will write the full Details of the Scout I Should not write know But I want to send you Some money you y will find 50 Dollars inclosed in this for the protection of margaret or to put to Such use as you see fit I have writen to Elisabeth 2st Since She has writen to me I have the Diarea very Bad so I will come to a close By asking you to write as soon as you get this No more Shelton F Martin to his Brother and Sister John H Martin Elisabeth Title: Letter signed Shelton F. Martin, Collierville, Tenn., to Sister and Brother [Elizabeth and John H. Martin], May 8, 1863 . 8 May 1863. Martin, Shelton Farris
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