CAMPED, NEA, BAKERSVILLE,
DEAR SON FREDERICK
HOW DO YOU DO TO
DAY. ARE YOU WELL I HO-
PE SO THEN YOU HAV GOT
A DRUM HAVE YOU. I AM
GLAD TO HEAR YOU HAVE
I WANT YOU SHOULD LEARN
TO PLAY ON IT REAL GOOD
BY THE TIME I GET HOME
ARE YOU A GOOD BOY AND
MIN MOTHER. I HOPE SO.
AND LOV TO GO TO MEETING
AND TO SCHOOL TO. I AM
GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU
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2
LIKE TO STUDY SO WELL
I HOPE YOU WILL LEARN
REAL FAST  CLINTON
HAS GOT TO BE A GREAT
BOY BY THIS TIME I SUPP-
OS HASENT HE. KISS
HIM AND MOTHER
FOR ME. I HAVE A
REAL CUNNING LITTLE
TENT TO SLEEP IN PE-
RHPS I WILL GET YOU
ONE WHEN I GET HOME
IF YOU ARE A GOOD
BOY. YOU MUST LOVE
GOD  AND KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS. WRITE
TO ME SOON  GOOD DAY
FROM YOUR AFFECTION-
ATE FATHER

           T C CHENEY