{"id":2344,"date":"2014-01-31T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2014-02-25T10:04:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T15:04:36","slug":"01-31-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/1864\/01-31-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I have mislaid your last letter & so cannot tell what date it was sent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joseph<\/a>East Villa Jan 31st \/64<\/p>\n

Dear Brother & Sister;<\/p>\n

I have mislaid your last letter & so cannot tell what date it was sent. It was received about a week ago. Harry [& Wes?] received letters from you yesterday & you say you have not heard from home for a long time. I have been writing almost every week and cannot tell why you do not receive them but suppose the mails are rather irregular. One of your letters contained a photograph of Mary & Frankie. In your last you said it contained a collar also but that was not in. I am sorry you do not receive my letters for although they may not be very interesting it would still be hearing from home.<\/p>\n

Charlie has started to college again and seems satisfied now to go on. He had a letter from Mary’s brother Sammy yesterday who says he has enlisted and expects to join the Army soon. I hope the necessity for new recruits will soon be over. I fear there will be many sad hearts before the war is over. <\/p>\n

I could congratulate you on your promotion with much beter feeling had you obtained a less dangerous position although I guess it does not matter [too terribly?] any position is dangerous during a battle. I sincerely hope a few months more will successfully terminate hostilities.<\/p>\n

I have taken rather a sudden notion to start to school and expect, no providence preventing, to leave for Williamsport Dickinson Seminary on Monday the eighth which is one week from tomorrow. I had intended going from home as there is a [sabeth?] school in Carlisle Pa & the work would be long and unpleasant & particularly during the wet seasons which we generally have in the Spring & early Summer. I have been at home all my lifetime and almost all my friends think it advisable. Mother is quite willing to have me go & [Wes?] & Harry have done what they could to encourage & help me. I should have waited another year had I been three or four years younger but I am already over twenty one and you know a lady grows old faster than a gentleman. I suppose Mother will miss me for a while but she will soon become accustomed to do [?] without me. She intends keeping a little girl so she will not [?] any harder nor do I think she will be more lonely. I would not have gone if she had not given her full consent but she thinks it best for me.<\/p>\n

The weather for the last week has been most delightful, [fair?] out enough for [?] almost & I fear the birds have [?] so much that should we have much cold yet the [frind?] will be destroyed. It has been misting nearly all day and the wind is rising tonight, so I [?] our pleasant weather is over.<\/p>\n

The family are all well. I believe Mother seems to enjoy very good health this winter. I hope my letter may not share the fate of some others and never reach its destination. We all send much love to Mary & yourself. Hoping to hear from you soon I remain as ever<\/p>\n

Your Sister Hanna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Villa Jan 31st \/64 Dear Brother & Sister; I have mislaid your last letter & so cannot tell what date it was sent. It was received about a week ago. Harry [& Wes?] received letters from you yesterday & … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions\/3662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}