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Louisa May 1st. 1866
Dr Brothers
    I received your acceptable Letter
yesterday.  It gives us pleasure to hear from
you & to find you are in comfortable
circumstances.  It would be impossible
for me to give you a detailed account
of my life for the last four years.
    We have been visited three times by
the Northern raiders.  The new part of our
House (old now) was Genl. Merrits head
quarters & we were reduced to the necessity
of taking supper with him.  They left
us no corn, meat, oats or fodder left us
without food.  They killed nearly all of my
Hogs, & some of ^the cattle & sheep.  But did
not burn any thing except fence rails &
plank & such things.  Some of his men
threattened to burn the house.  The
last raid they racked the house from
bottom to top.  Genl. Sheridan occupied
Dr. Pendletons & Genl. Custer Fr Hall house
I assure the people around here were
in a bad fix.  I had to borrow corn
for bread & the horses had to work on
grass.  I had no money at that time
& I found a freind quite acceptable
some houses they did not visite at all
the neighbourhood of J. Harts escaped.
I am better off at this time.  I have
gold about 73 [dr?] [...] of land for the
purpose of paying my debts & Taxes.
I think you had better come to Va
& live with us [...] balace of your life.
Your time as well as mine is quite terrible
now agreeable to the course of nature
either of us have rearely time to tell
our tail of the last four years.  You
must come & see us & talk ove things
anyhow.  You wished to know how
much money you were oweing
me.  In answer to that I ask how
much am I oweing of you.  You know
you gave me your bond for some amt:
but I wrote you a long time since
I was oweing of you several hundred
Dollars.  I am still under that impression
I have no money at this time
to pay with.  I thank you most kindly
for your proposed kindness.  I have no
Labour only by the month & day
an experiment which I do not
think will answer some of our
People  I for one have gone in
partnership & some have B. & white
tennants.  Our Brother John
called on me last summer.  he looked
quite well & from his account, there
is not much differance in diffrant
parts of the south & wishes. Sallie sends
her best love & mine also.  You have not
anything to prevent you from coming to see
us.

        Yours Affectionatly
        J. Claybrooke