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Title:[Letter] 1815 Mar. 16, Camp Coffee [to] Mother, Davidson County / J[ames] M[oore] King : a machine readable transcription of an image
Author:King, James Moore
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This work is the property of The Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. For all other use contact The Albert Gore Research Center, P.O. Box 193, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132.

Date: March 16, 1815
Extent: 3p
Summary:A letter written by James Moore King from Camp Coffee, New Orleans on March 16, 1815 to his mother. He writes that he, as many in the camp, suffers from a cold. He anticipates arriving at home in April.
Collection:James Moore King Papers Correspondence 1813, 1815-1817
Box:1
Folder:3
Document:gc002
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J.M. King New Orleans
Capt [Captain] Issac Butler Davidson County
[added: per Mr. Saunders ]


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Camp Coffee
1815 Mar. 16 Dear Mother

This favourably [favourable] opportunity of writing by Mr. [added: Jack] Saunders (who starts tomorrow) gives me much pleasure of informing you that I am in tollerably [tolerable] health — this sum pleagued [plagued] with a cold which is quite a common thing in campes [camps]; all from out of the bend is well and harty— Genl [General]. Coffee's Brigade starts tomorrow, we are all highley [highly] a pleased at the thoughts of starting and making all preporations to return to hear[added: our] friend, who has [unclear] been waiting so long to receive them with jois [joys] of pleasure, when I wrote to you last. I expected to have started long before this, tho [though] much disapointed we shall reach home about the 15th of April next

I received a letter from Uncle Hays the 12th of this month he wrote that you were all well & all my friends

My love to you all & respects to all my friend, tell them a few days more and I am a free man a gain —

I am ever more your remaining son
J.M. King


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Give my respects to Uncle Hays & family tell him his discharge shall be had in his name if their possibly; as he wrote to me in his letter — I have not time to write to him now — But my respects to all my friends — I remain your son J.M. King [added: Miscelaneous math problems.]

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