Letter from Richard Tinsley to wife Ida

1

Centralia Mo May 10th 1861 Mt Dear Little Angel Wife Your kind ten thousand times tankful letter came directly to hand yesterday. I went to hunt buck and was gone all day until night and did not find him heard from him but could not find him I got home at 6 o'clock and found your letter and you may bet I was rejoiced to hear from you. I wrote you a letter Wednesday in which I stated that I would send you a jar of hose and dress ... for our darling and then forgot to put them in I will put them in this You ask me some questions and I will answer them Jimie Ball and Bryson has not settled yet have never got their invoice made out correctly. Jim Bryson has been here several times to settle and could not But I think that they will succeed in a few days John endorsed my note given to Bryson and then gave him a deed of interest(?) on the house and store so that ... make everything