Letter from one of E.W. Mudge's younger brothers

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“Letter from one of E.W. Mudge's younger brothers,” Madison Historical, accessed November 21, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1974.

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Description

This is a letter written to E.W. Mudge by one of his younger brothers. In it, he specifies he is eight years old and asks about Mudge's boat journey to New Orleans.

Transcription

Palmyra ??? 185?

My dear brother

Georgy would like to see you very much did you have much fun on the boat going to new Orleans and what boat did you go on did you stop at ?? tell mother reddy and myself are running hom to rite and thare are a good eny little ???? that is reading in the ?? treaddor one of them it ?? ?? can read as one of the little ?? can

My dear brother go ?? from ??

I was 8 years old

E W Mudge

In Collection

Mudge Civil War Letters

Subjects

Military
Civil War
Family
Communication
letters
children

Contributor

Mudge, Stephen

Date

circa 1850

Type

Miscellaneous Document

Format

Identifier

Mudge-Steve-D-0003

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