C. E. Blood to Richard Yates

[With Mrs. E.M. Steele letter 9/29/63]

Wataga Knox Co Ill. Sept 28 1863

Hon Richard Yates, Gov. of Illinois

Dear Sir

The enclosed is from a worthy Christian lady, a member of the Ontario Church to which I minister

If you can, thro' your personal or official influence, secure a furlough or a discharge for her son, you will greatly relieve an anxious Mother's heart, who fears that the life of her son can only be saved by a return to his home -

I heard your interesting & able speech in Galesburg, but owing to the crowd was not able to take you by the hand. One of

your own College friends

C. E. Blood