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                                                                                               Carisbrook  August 2d 1864-

 

                        I wrote  you rather a gloomy letter, my
beloved Husband, on Thursday and had intended
trying to do away with the impression thus created
by the mail of Saturday, but Charley was too
sick for any thing like a cheerful emanation from
my pen. I wrote you that he had fever, but on
Friday he was very fretful, and I discovered by chance
that he had been regaling himself on green apples ["green apples" underlined], that
Sally Told a story as usual, though the fact [underlined] was evident,
and not to be denied. At bed time he had so hit a fever
that Jack and myself determined upon a [?],
which was given with good results, causing him to throw
up a quantity of undigested apples. and I really believe
saved him from a serious illness. In addition to the
fever that night I observed a swelling between his eyes
on his forehead, which looked very much like he
had had a blow except that there was no discoloration.
This made me uneasy, but I concluded it was caused

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by a small [crossed out] bile at the edge of his hair, the swelling
has since gone down between the eyes, and he now has
a very large ["very large" underlined] bile in the place indicated. Saturday
morning he seemed a good deal prostrated, and
had a rise of fever in the night. This I determined to
put a stop to and I gave Quinine on Sunday, with
good affect but he had a return of fever last night, and
being perfectly fine this morning of fever I am again
giving Quinine. I forgot to tell you I sent for a Phy
=sician on Saturday, who seemed to think his sick
=ness was due to the green apples and advised
a dose of oil, which I gave. He also suggested for his
cough doses of alum 3n 4 [?]: every Three or four
hours, and I am also giving him that. He can hardly
be said to whoop at all now, though he still coughs
badly. Dr. Winn told me that at the end six [crossed out]
seven or eight weeks there was little to no danger of
communicating whooping cough. Charley has now
had the disease about six weeks. We came here on
the [fourteenth?] of June and he began to cough just one


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week later. My return home, or rather my journey
is so much [embarrassed?] by Charley's having whooping
cough that I think of staying [quietly?] here two weeks longer
though I feel I have been in one place long enough. Tuck's
baby has been quite sick also, and I should not like
to leave her until she felt no longer uneasy about her.  
It is a strange thing that none of the negro children
have taken Whooping cough from Charley and Mary.
Charley looks very funny with his head bound
up in a [poultice?] He wants me to hold and enter
=tain him all the time, and just now I heard
him fretting for that very reason.
Last week I got a letter from Montagu telling
Mary Southall had gotten a letter from her Sister in
Williamsburg dated I believe about the 14 th of July.
That there were still a few Yankees there who
did not molest or harm the citizens, that Julia
had not been so well for years, that mother & herself
had a plenty to eat, rice, vegetables &c.
Lizzie Southall had spent an evening with Zettie

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and Mother had had ice cream and raspberries.
Montagu seemed very thankful to know they
were so comfortable, when he and many others are
so much worse.
I told Cousin R of your wish [?] suspecting
that he could pull the wires. I made no request simply
asked him how I had better proceed, and he immediately
replied that he knew a gentleman who had great influence
with the [?] Gen'l. (Judge Perkins from Louisiana)
and that he would attend to it. He is now in Richmond,
and is expected home to-day. I wish I could keep
my letter for his return to give you the tidings, but
it is time for the boy to be off to the Post Office.
I told Cousin R-I thought you would be glad of
an invitation to Richmond, remembering the
sickness of the only member of the board you did
not like. I have been almost sorry since that I had
out said Columbia S. C. as I believe you would
be more apt to have justice done you there both by yourself
& others.
                                  Your devoted Wife

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I sent your business papers on
Thursday last.

You have never sent me
the blank.