Describes a skirmish with Irish Democrats at Pittston, Pennsylvania. Transcription Scranton Pennsylvania December 7th / 1864 My Dear Father and Mother I seat my self once more to write to you to let you know that I am in the best of helth and do hope those few lines may find you all enjoying every blessing that can be bestowed upon you though with a sad heart as it appears that you have forgotten me altogether or at least you have seased to corespond with me the last letter that I received was Dated Oct 3d which has been over too months from your hand many changes might have taken place since
Describes a skirmish with Irish Democrats at Pittston, Pennsylvania. Transcription Scranton Pennsylvania December 7th / 1864 My Dear Father and Mother I seat my self once more to write to you to let you know that I am in the best of helth and do hope those few lines may find you all enjoying every blessing that can be bestowed upon you though with a sad heart as it appears that you have forgotten me altogether or at least you have seased to corespond with me the last letter that I received was Dated Oct 3d which has been over too months from your hand many changes might have taken place since that time in our family so you see that I can not be very well contented about home though I hope that everything is going on all right or at least as near right as can be expected every thing is tolrable well with me except I have not been payed off for sum time though I have got enough money to by my tobacco and that is all that is required for me to get along at present when you write let me know what you think of the times Generaly all so let me know how you are satisfide with the May Election has gone off We had a nice little fight about 12 miles below here a few days before the Election at a little town Called Pittston on the North Branch of the susquchanna River[Susquehanna River] the Democrat Party here consist of Coal miners Rail Road Irish and Duch & c the very lowest class of catholic farmers their action would turn any true Native American from Democrat to Black republica[n] any thing to be in the oposet to them I am more of an no Nothing to day than ever before I can but curse them in my heart I shall not attempt to tell you hardly how I like the Way the Election I have much objection in sumthings more than I could write in a whole day I have just red the Presidents Message and am in no plite fur writing much on the subject to night as I am in two much of a hurry the Worst objection I have is the incuragement of foren emogration which I can not heartly supose any
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