Undated letter from Meeker Griffin to his mother and father

              [January or February 1862]                                                                                                                                                                                                       Carver Barricks Meridan hill
            Dear father and mother 
i[sic] reseved[sic] your kind
Letter and was glad
to hear from you[.]
this leaves me well at 
present i hope that theas[sic] few 
Lines will find you the same[.]
i[sic] sent you a Letter last weak[sic]
with __ a Check of fifteen 
dollars in[.] john tubs [Tubbs] is Dead he
was beured [sic] Last Sunday[.]
Tom Dwit [Dewitt] had reseved[sic] a letter to
send me a par [sic] of boots[.]
the boys is all well tell coony
that I send my best respects
to him and all inquiring
friends write as soon as you
reseve[sic] this I think I will be
home next fall[.]   Direct to
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