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                                                                                                                Williamsburg March 26th [1862]

My darling,

                                    Your welcome

& affectionate letter should

have been answered, as soon

as received, but really I have

not had five minutes that

could be called my own.

Some one is coming in all

day—You know how it

is here, without my fur-

ther discussing the subject.

You know that our door

knocker has no rest. I am

now almost constantly

occupied making jelly,

custard, farina &c for

the Hospitals. The African

Church is converted into

a hospital for sick sol-

diers, & being so near me

I do a great deal for it,

indeed I call myself the

Patron Saint of that In-

stitution. Most of the ladies

in Williamsburg visit the

sick soldiers, but I never

do, & consequently think

I ought to do as much at

home for them as I can.

The patients too from the

Lunatic Asylum come to

see me almost every day

& there are some very [page torn here/believe it to have said] [in-]

teresting ladies am [page torn/believe it to have said] [ong? ongst?]

them now—one in particu

lar a Mrs. Jones.  She is

a niece of General Scott's

 & [grief?] at his behaviour

& anxiety of mind because

her son [has? was?] a soldier [was?]

the cause of her insanity.

We were made very happy

last week by seeing her

so happy: she was spending

the day with me & in

the evening her son

arrived to her great sur-

prise & delight. He was

in the engagement in

Hampton roads & was most

proud & happy & made still

more happy by finding

[page torn] [perfe?] ctly well. They both

[page torn] [sta?] id here until the

next day when he left

to join his Regiment

& your unkle [sic] took an

excellent likeness of him

for his Mother; he is a

brave boy, being only

sixteen when he joined

the Army.

            We have spent a most

exciting time since this

time last year. I never

spent so busy a year.

Your Cousin John has

had 20 sick soldiers stay

ing here some of them

with Typhoid fever &

you may imagine how

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