[Undated and No Location, probably
right after he took turkey box to Tom in hospital February 2, 1863, and just
before his first reference to Julia being upset on March 1, 1863]
̉Dear
Clara
Julia
wrote to tom that you had a Lot of money given to you in that ward and I Can hardley [sic] Credit it or you would of wrote something to
me about it I should think She says you can afford to buy Turkeys there seems to be a misunderstanding
about that Box it was a luckey [sic] thing that he got any of it at all I had given up all hopes of his
getting it when the thought struck me that I might get a furlough to go to him if I had not done so he would not got
any I would rather he would have
had the whole Box than she should be [p.2] Dissatisfied when you write again Please give me the
Partickulars [sic] about it from yours truly [sic]
Peter. L. Dumont.
Julia
thinks i feel big since I am sargeant [sic] but you
can tell her I have not growed any since I have been
in Virginia Pete
Clarinda
Dumont
Utica
Please
foward [sic]