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To
Miss Leah S}  Head Quarters 7th Mil Dist
Taliaferro }  South Carolina  near
              Charleston Jan 7 1864

My Dear Daughter
                 I received
only today your mothers letter
of the 20th of Nov enclosing the
reports of the standing of your
brothers & yourself in school.
I was much delighted to receive
them and as you were all mark-
ed perfect in writing I thought
I would write you each a short
letter in hopes that you would all
soon reply and I would then
know what a perfect mark
in writing meant.
I hope your mother will often
enclose the reports and I trust
I shall have the happiness
to find the standings always
as good as it was on the 20th
of November.
You must write me what you
and your brothers are studying.
I see by the report how many
things & I am quite surprised
and much gratified to see
you so much advanced, and
I wish to know what books
and what parts of the books
you are reading or studying
how far in other words you
have progressed.
Dear little Fankin I suppose
is quite independent of Miss
Mary Mann, and does not yet
trouble herself with a spelling
book & I immagine that
Master Geordie's education
or schooling consists at pres-
-ent in being taught to talk.
You must keep them in mind of
me for I fear they only know
their father is a sort of myth.
It is very cold and has been
raining for more than a week.
I am well horsed and have
a plenty of good wood but I
fear you have snow in [Gloucester?]
where I have rain & that
you must suffer terribly.
Tell mother she must not
let you suffer if it is possible
even by burning the railings
to avoid it.  I do so wish
I could be with you to see
to your comfort for every blast
of this cold wind seems to
tell me you are all cold
at home without enough wood.
We live quite well here too for
the send off & a long way from
the city and the railroads &
and purchase eggs & turkies
& gees & ducks which we find
cheaper even than buying beef
from the Government. We made
an eggnog a few nights ago &
I have had two puddings
made of eggs flower & water
but very nice without milk
and with a sauce made of
butter & sugar. They were delightful.
I wish you were here to keep
house for me, for I have a
small house all to myself
& there cut off with screens
a part of it for a chamber
which I could give to you.
My house has only one room &
therefore I use screens to make
rooms with.  Love to every body
at home & [Bellville?] & remember me to
your mammy particularly & Sarah & [?]
God bless you my darling daughter
            Your devoted father
                 WB Taliaferro