p.

i hav been here i think
that we shant get eny
money from the goverment
they say that they ont pay
but 7 dolars a month that
what the Cournal said to
they paid to colord troops and
he said that we had beter
right home and see a boutit
he said that he could not do
enything a boutit then i
thought i had beter right home
and see what could be done a
boutit i dont wanto stay
down here and git knothing
for it and be killd or git
my limes brake then git.
nothing to help my self
with then cam on the
town & dont want buy
such i want to hav my
pay or get home i dont wan to
i dont want mark for nothing

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i want to get home as soon
as i can for I dont get fair play
here they dont treat this rigment
as they do the others rigment
they are the poores off for things
they dont pay them eny
thing. they dont want to pay
them eny thing i cant stand
that i want my pay and i
know i shant getit they say
it is a fraid under a falce
patence that they hav got us
down here i think that
they cant hold us thair
can they i want sum one
to find out whather they
can or not and get us a
way or get our pay i can git
sum things then that will
make me beter off if i should
be sick i should hafter suffer
i hafter sufer a nuf know i hant
had any think fit to eat sense
I come down here your truly Aaron