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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
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Hudson March 29th
Dear Friend Mariette
(If I may be allowed to address
you this) You kind letter of
Dec 30th came duly to hand and
although you therein very kindly
requested me to write soon, I must
confess that I have been very
negligent about writing, yes and
I must say that with no excuse
whatever to offer, I am almost
ashamed to write at all after wait-
-ing so long. But I trust you
have not yet forgotten me, and
if you have not, a few lines written
by my own hand, may come accept-
-able even at this late hour.
Well, by this you will be informed
that we are all in the enjoyment of
reasonable good health at present. I
am stopping on the old place
with Father and David this winter
although I probably should not be were
it not that David met with quite
and accident the fore part of winter
(from the effects of which he has
not yet wholly recovered) and I have
been doing his chores for him. Him
and I were wrestling and I threw
him and broke his ankle it was
rather a dear fall for him and
me to, but it is an old saying
and I guess atrue one that “accidents
will happen” for there has been
a number in this vicinity this
winter. We have had a very open
winter here, no sleighing, but a
mixture of snow and mud almost
continually the frost is nearly all
out of the ground now, the weather
is warm and has the appearance of
spring. The people of your acquaintence
so far as I know are generally well.
There has been but very few deaths
about here this winter, only one in
our immediate vicinity that was
William Wires oldest son, he was
buried some three weeks since. Hattie
Wire is teaching our school this
winter, tomorrow is the last day,
and I intend to go, how I wish
you could be there too, I think we
could enjoy a visit to the old
log schoolhouse, with some of our
schoolmates, right well
I cannot think of anything more to
write at present, and as it is getting
late in the evening I will draw to a
close, now Mariette please answer
this at your earliest convenience, and
I will try and be more punctual
hereafter. Hoping that this will
find you in good health, and wishing
you a long, life of peace and
happiness I will bid you goodbye
and subscribe myself your
true friend
William H. H. Leisenring
Please forgive me for not writing sooner
[On Envelope:]
Miss Mariette Hutchins
Berlin Ottawa Co
Michigan
