cams_bawatson_b3153_f006_001_01

1849

Springfield Ill April 30th

Dear beloved husband

I received your letters this morning with
very much pleasure indeed. I expected you to say that
you were coming home but Alas I was disapointed [disappointed] but
I have still hopes of your returning. I think when the
company shall have arived [arrived] that some more will be
coming. I think Abesars Fuller and Bilson will be coming
for both of thier [their] wives are almost driven to dispair [despair] and
Mrs. Bidle feels if as if she had buried her husband. Oh
the poor women I can sympathise [sympathize] with thier [their] every
feeling there has been a report that I was crazy but
I am not quite althoug [although] I feel as I never did before.
I am very unwell yet I do non [not] sleep half of any night
and do not expect to while you are from me but if
you do not come I shall get along as well as I can. Welly
has been very sick with the summer complaint I
gave him some of the homeopathic medicine but it
did no good he got so bad that I sent for Dr. Henery
he has got quite well again the Doctor says he does
not think Welly has worms. Dear I do wish you
were here our little son is so interesting. I have to
play with him a great deal he is so lonly [lonely] he has no
one to play with him but the birds he tries so
hard to catch them he comes in from the yard