65-03-29 to A & E Damrell from daughter Elizabeth Cason March the 29:1865  

Dear Father and mother.  I take my pen in hand to let you no how we ar we have 
hade a grate del of sickness in our familey and Deth.  I have lost my sweet 
littel babe.  She was sick 3 weeks and Dide the 9 of March betwin 9 and 10 
0'clock in the night.  ho maw I cant tell you of all her suffrings and she did 
bare them all with pachients.  She seam at last to fall a sleepe in Jesus.  
She was as lovly a littel corps as you ever saw.  She looket like a littel 
aingel.  I now that her sufferings is over. I now she is in heaen a singing 
prais to God and the lam.  ho maw I madgin I can see her so happy in heavin.  
I am determed to meete her in heavin God being my helper. father and mother 
pray for me that I may hold out faithful.  I have not bin well this winter tho 
I am a going about I have the liver complaint.  I have the palatation at the 
harte. I have to take medison every day.  I took a blindness in my eyes.  have 
it now of a night.  it is a black surcle with a light spot in the senter and 
my eyes feels weeke.  I thinke it is coas from my liver. the childern is a 
giting about.  well I was glad to hear from you. Mr. Wheatten stopt hear this 
morning.  he said you was not vary well. I am sorre to hear that you not well 
tho I exspect you hardly ever feel well.  you are a geting old and frail. I 
feel old my self.  he said that you herd that Thomas was at home.  he is not 
hear yet.  we recieved a letter from him yeasterday.  he was at tullahoma 
tennissee the 14 of March.  he was well and hearty tho he cood not hear eny 
better yet and he said that he did not no whether he wod git a discharge or 
not.  he dos right sum butiful letters. he has been religous.  that dos eas my 
aching hart sum.  he said that if it was the lords will to take him from this 
world he was wiling to go.  may the lord saive him is my prar.  pray for him 
that he may be blest.  we recieved a letter from Larance Canterbury dated the 
23 of January.  tha was all well and doing well tha said tha hadent had a 
letter from you for a long time and was ancious to hear from you.  try and com 
and see us. if you can rite if can I do not no when I can com so I must cloas 
by subscribing my self your affectionate dauter until death.  Elizabeth 
Cason  to Auguston D Elizabeth Damrell