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Memphis Tuesday eveng 20th Novr 1860


My Darling Katy


On your way to your new home in


Richmond you did not write to us after you


left Cincinatti and we began to think the time


very long, and Ma who always fancies the worst


was sure you was sick on the Road & unable to


write. But we saw your arrival at the Continental


Hotel in Philadpa announced in our Philadpa


Inquirer of the 5th Novr, and we were not a


little delighted at getting yours of the 10th saying


you had arrived safely in Richmond and that


you was so comfortably fixed at Mrs. Dabney's


in the most delightful part of your beautiful


City. You cannot think what a gloomy


sensation your absence created in our famiy


circle for all the girls left us also, and sister


[Betty ?] went home with [Stella?] Craft and is now


in Holly Springs. Geo. Beal goes there next Saturday


to fetch her home on Monday and [Judy Baugh?]


is coming with her to spend a week or two with us.


Mary Woodruff spends a good deal of time with us


and is a very lively and pleasant companion.


Doct & Mrs. white are with us and a week ago


their daughter Laura, and Mary the young wife of


Dr. [?] came to stay with us, and we find them


 


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very agreeable and musical, and all the family


seem happy & comfortable. But I am sorry to say


Ma has been quite sick with a most hard and


violent cough, every morng when she get up and


when she first lay down in Bed. It completely


exhausts her and makes me uneasy because we


have tried every thing in vain to [assauge ?] it.


Dr. Marable has been attending Ma and she is


certainly better during the two last days. I think


one thing that brought it on was going out so


early in the morng to market before the sun was


well up. But on the 1st of this month market


hours were changed for the winter & we have


no morng markets at all but market is from


3 to 6 every [illegible] which is much better. Jacob


Reinhardt has engaged to work at old Mr.Thronton's


but his wife & the children remain with us & have


moved out into the ironing Room where mama used


to be & she does all she can to assist in the


Housekeeping. There has been a great deal of sickness


this fall in Memphis, but it is getting  and


we have all escaped. Our lectures have begun at the


Medical College which never before opened with such


flattering prospects as we opened with above 40 students


and all goes on very comfortably with the new faculty.


I have to lecture every morng except Sunday & Thursday.


Since you left us William Strange has died of consumption


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and this day Mr. Carpenter who lately married the


youngest Miss Merrill was buried. He was sick


only 3 days of Erysipilius in the head and his poor


window is almost distracted. The Bickfords have all


been seriously sick except Henry & Alley but they


are all out quite well again. Mrs. Henderson's son is still


at the State Female College & came to see us last


Saturday & she has returned the Trunk Ma lent


her & which she is now packing to sent to you


with all the things you enquired about, and you


may expect to receive it in a week or thereabouts.


You do not say that you have a Piano-


forte in your boarding house, but hope that


may be the case, or that you can [have] access to one


to keep up your music. We have dry & delightful


weather and no fires or events of any interest


have occured in Memphis but we go on quietly &


steadily without any change. We fear you must


be lonely and lament much the death of Mr. Cabell


and the removal of the Gregories but hope you


will soon find friends & associates in Amanda now


Mrs. J. Caskie & Mrs. Purcell & that the Minnegerodes


will be kind & socialable with you. Pray also see the


Valentines & give our kindest love to them & to Mary in


particular who is a great favorite of mine. Also to Peggy


Blair & the Messrs Bott & father & to Wm. Lyon. Mrs. Saunders


is quite delighted that you have returned to reside in


Richmond & I assure you I long to do the same thing. We


have heard nothing lately from Sally Gregory but expect her here


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before Christmas when she wants Betty to go with her


to New Orleans which I expect she will do.


We are all in excitement here about the election


of Lincoln to the Presidency, and feel great


anxiety about the result but hope all difficulty will


blow over & may be settled in peace. We have heard


nothing of our folks in Philadpa since you saw


them, and are pleased to learn they are comfortably


located. Poor Mr.  [?]     has had a sad time of


it but we hope he is in a fine way of recovery.


We are sorry you were not able to see our much


exteemed friend Mr. Holden who has quite recovered


from his severe Rheumatic attack. Ma would be


very glad to get her silver teeth as repaired by Dr.


Harris, and if you hear of any person coming


direct to this place, would be glad if would


send them. If you do not find any body


she thinks they will come safely by Post if packed


in cotton in a small pasteboard or light wooden box


the postage being prepaid. It gave me great pleasure


to hear that you had been so kindly received by


Mr. Blankenships mother & sister and we all sincerely


hope & pray that the connection may be such a one


as will [add?] to the comfort & happiness of all concerned.


Ma joins me in affectionate love to yourself and


Mr. Blankenship & kindest regards to his family &


to all our friends in Virginia & believe me to remain


your affectionate father.


John Millington


Our kind regards to Mr. Seth.