P.A. Maxville to Richard Yates

March the 31

Governor Yates

honard sir thair is a great call for ladies in the hospitels at Murfriesburo and at nashvill and thair is several ladies in this town that will vollenteer to go to take care of the sick and wounded if we could get permission and passed through if you want any information in refferanc to our usefulness we can give it we have done all we can in the soldier aid society and now we want to go to the hospitels and do something thair

we will take charge of a hospitel if thair is any chance for it we hear that thair is nead of a good many ladies to help take care of the sick and wounded we feel as tho it was our duty to assist our country in whatever capacity we are most neaded I myself have two sons thair and I think it my duty to do all that I can to help quell this awful rebilion thair is six of us that will go if you will assist us in getting thair I am a widow and all I have is thair

thair is some good union woman hear and a good many copperheads that is getting verry bold pleas do for us all you can and obliege the lone one

P.A Maxvill

to our most honord

Richard Yates

Govonor of the state of illinois

Mrs P. A. Maxville

Danville March 31st/63

This lady is a widow has two sons in the army. She with six other ladies would like to go to Murfriesboro as nurses in a hospital provided they could get permission and passes.