Asks his father to send him money because he doesn't expect to be paid for four months. Includes envelope. Transcription: Helena Ark Fort Curtis Nov 10th 1863 Dear Father I sit down to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present and that I have not herd from you since the 17 sept I wrote a letter to you that day and one the 20th of Oct and one the 29th of Oct and I have not herd from any of them Father I am out of money and there is not mutch prospect of the pay Master I want you to send me as mutch as $20 for I owe some and I want to get me a pair of boots the talk is tha
Asks his father to send him money because he doesn't expect to be paid for four months. Includes envelope. Transcription: Helena Ark Fort Curtis Nov 10th 1863 Dear Father I sit down to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present and that I have not herd from you since the 17 sept I wrote a letter to you that day and one the 20th of Oct and one the 29th of Oct and I have not herd from any of them Father I am out of money and there is not mutch prospect of the pay Master I want you to send me as mutch as $20 for I owe some and I want to get me a pair of boots the talk is that we wont be paid for 4 months yet and if that be the case I will need it Father I had as soon spend all my pay as treated my death with cold I have ben detailed for artillery Lieutenant Read of our reg has got a section of light artillery I expect that we will have a pretty hard time this wintr we will have to go out in the country on scouts it does seem to me that the people up there has forgot how to write I wrote to Clarissa a month and a half a go and I have never have got a letter yet I dont intend to write any more if she dont write Father I want you to send that money as soon as you can for I need it write often so no more at present your son David T. Massey Title: Letter signed David T. Massey, Fort Curtis, Helena, Ark., to his father Nathan Massey, November 10, 1863 . 10 November 1863. Massey, David T., -1864
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