The copies that I received indicate that the originals are in the National Archives. I have tried to reproduce the original spelling, punctuation, and grammar as closely as possible. To indicate new sentences, I have inserted extra spaces in between where there was no punctuation.
Paragraphs are somewhat arbitrary, as the original really has none.
Sometimes it seems as if his thoughts were racing faster than his fingers could write, as certain words are missing and a phrase seems incomplete. Notations in brackets are either words that I was uncertain about, or clarification points. I have had Stewed Beans and Flitters for my dinner. I think it contemptble on the part of the covement. I shall exspect a nother letter from you in a day or two. as our mail has ben regular once and Harlan Partridge is exspicted and if there is one in New Orleans we shall get it.