Mrs. Eva Lee Harrell

Binkley Station

#22 Norfolk, Virginia

Postmarked June 30 A.M., 1941

My Dear loving wife,

Just a few lines to let you hear from me, and to let you know that I am well, and I truly hope that this letter will find you well and getting along all right. Dear, why I have not wrote you? I been writing, trying to get some one for to help me out of my trouble. I wrote my uncle one Sunday and my sister the other. Sister has wrote to a lawyer for to employ for me, and as soon as she hears from him I will see what it will cost. I ask you for to go and see him but it looks like you don’t care where you go or not, and I ask you for you to go to my uncle and see what he is going to do for me, but you won’t go and even see him for me. Just don’t try to do any thing for me. It’s all right. My sister is in N.Y. and has made the first step toward helping me. You are right in Norfolk, where the lawyer is and won’t even go to see him for me. I want to see what I can get done for me before I start on the other charge, and if I get it off me I won’t have any of it to make. I just make 2 ½ years and come home or somewhere. So why don’t you try to do your best on helping me. You know 1944 in Oct. 7 is a mighty long time and March or April in 1942 is a lot shorter than doing it all. Have you heard from your mother? Kaiti told me she wrote you and have not heard from you. Why not write her? I gave you her address, so baby, do your best, and keep sweet until we meet. Many kiss to you. And much love. From your loved one James Harrell and write and let me know some things.