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please xcuse this &
write [strikeout]soon[/strikeout] all
about the farm &
stock. with much
love from thy son

James Stevens

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Danver City, Col. [Tern?] 4 m 3 1864

Dear Mother

It has come my
time again to write to thee. we just got in to-
day from down the river
& a pritty cold [trip?] we
had of it to. I begin
to think that we shal
have to go east to
get warm weather this
year. one night last
week we lost 15 mules
& 7 of them wer found
with the Indians 40
miles belo camp. we
suppose that they drove
them off