Vicksburg, Miss. July the 30th/63 Dear Lizzie It is now dark & I have got my paper & ink to wright you a few lines I am going to draw in a few days & I just thought as Sam is going home that would send som money home as I dident want to keep much on hand at a time & I may not have a chance to send any for a long time I will send you 40 dollars & as I have oftan said apropreate it to the best advanteg. you must redeem the land as finish paying for it I should have said) with the Catle as money one as the other I want 10 dollars worth of good flouring plants bought & hald & put som whare in a strate pile in the shade to season with sticks between each plant I gess you can get 1000 feet with that much { you must answer som of my leters that I wright } I wrote something concerning som land that I never got any answer I wil say now tho however that I would love to have 20 acers down in the flats joining our land so we could have the timber for rails. Mabe I am to fast tho if I am tell me so if you get all of the land notes mark them pade & put them away carfully It is now dark & have not a chance to wright any I hav write 4 or 5 in the last 3 days I borowed 20 dollars from Lieutenant Meadors Yours truly M. A. Hooker Patrick J. Anderson http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=patanderson 9654 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, Maryland 20723