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From: Joe Wakefield <joew6.20.joewakefi...@spamgourmet.com>
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:09:52 +0100

On 08/06/2008 16:54, Dennis Ahern wrote:
> I am having some trouble deciphering part of a letter written in 1861. It 
> was written by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts from Washington 
> where his regiment had just arrived after fighting their way through a mob 
> of Secessionists in Baltimore the day before. A portion of this letter is 
> at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg 
> 
> Here is my transcription of this portion: 
> 
> 	what they will Be  i hope i Shall Live to come
>     	Back to Massachusett and see you all  tell
>      	Dan it would make him Stare to see the
>      	Folks here and the [?] of the [?] 
>      	we left home Tuesday Morning 3 O Clock   Father he 
> 
> At the time of this writing, his regiment, the 6th Massachusetts Militia, 
> were billeted in the Senate Chambers of the Capitol building, which the 
> writer mistakenly refers to as the White House, which is not surprising 
> for a boy who had probably never been more than a few miles from home 
> before. 
> 
> Dennis Ahern  
> Acton Mass. History & Genealogy at http://www.rootsweb.com/~macacton/

Possibly Brickworks of the Building?

-- 
Joe
Wakefield