[The following undated letter from William H. Locke to his wife also appears to have been written on or around the end of January and may have been enclosed with his letter of January 26]

Camp Jackson Fort Gaines [RD]
My Dear Wife
I sent by Lieut Roberts the
Beet & Radish seed for your Mother Rhodes
& Mrs Billings the balance for you – Mrs Billings
cost 10 c pr Paper you will therefore be
due her 80 Cents – I also send you a
pr Small Shoes which will probably
fit Ella and one of her old pr
will likely do for “Lulu” – I arrived
here [-] in two Hours after I left
Eufaula on the Steamer Jackson –
all well except Jack who is
suffering some from a bad Cough
and Cold – Your affectionate Husband

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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