Hinds County MsArchives News.....AFTER  MANY  YEARS.   April 1891
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Hinds County Gazette April 1891

AFTER MANY YEARS.

The private letter printed below explains itself fully:

April 20, 1891

Mrs. Mary Ratliff, Raymond

  Kind Lady—I ma the little soldier boy you took from the Edwards Depot 
hospital in 1862 home with you, and I always will believe you saved my life.
  I would have written to you long ago, but heard you left your home during 
the war; so I didn’t know where to direct a letter to; but not long ago I 
heard there was one, Mr. Wm. Ratliff, living in Raymond, so I thought I would 
write and see if you were the same.  If so, after 29 years, let me thank you 
again for your kindness.
  I would be glad to hear from you and know that you have had a pleasant time 
since the war, for such has not been mine.  Please excuse bad writing and 
spelling, for the war caused me to get no education; but remember kind deeds 
are never forgotten.
I am, as ever—
Yours respectfully,
Thomas A. Bickham,
Greensburg, St. Helena par., La.



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