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                                    Richmond 5 April 1863 Tuesday

            I received your letter of last Monday, my beloved wife,

just as I had written to Mr. Wilmer and was about to put the letter

in the post office.  I merely had space & time to mention it.

Your letter contained more that was pleasing (however pleasing

the  contents always are) than usual -dear Anne had recovered

from her illness- all the rest were well.  You had heard satis-

-factorily from Bob.  Mrs. Semple had gotten rid of her bad cold

and little Jim & Cyrus making money.  I suppose you have

of course recd. what little matters sent by Mr. Gilmer;  I anticipated

your request for soda & am sorry I did not send more, there

was I think 2 oz. a dollar's worth.    I wrote to  you some

time in the week past, saying that I had bought the corn

starch, cream of tartar & ess. orange which will I hope be

taken to you by a Mr. Patton at the end of this  week.  I 

will see whether he can take Page's muslin which I got

Lizzie Ewell to go with me & get ;  if not I must send it

some other way;   I have bought a  piece of unbleached

cotton, 31 yards (for which I gave $1.75 cents Mr. Gard!)

and it will make so large a bundle  that I cannot  trouble

Mr. Patton wit it; I have accordingly written to Mr. Pollok, rail

road agent at Ringgold, to know whether it will be safe to

send a box to R.  to his care^ by express R. Road train to be sent to the C.  House; I have

not heard yet from him; tell Lelia that I will endeavor to

get the plate I send it at the same time.   I will try to send

baby's shoes by Mr. Patton.   Do not hesitate to write to me

for things on the scare of trouble.  I have little to do in the

afternoon, &  independently of the pleasure of doing what you

wish done, it is by no means unpleasing to me to have something

to do in the aftn, as well as  in the morning.  I am so used to

work that I feel uncomfortable with nothing to do.

            I shall be very glad to see Mr. Lefebvre and to receive

the shirts & may,  if it is convenient to him, send my articles by him

him.    I will go [w bank] tomorrow t[?] Mr. Cringan about

him.     Mr. W. H. Pierce has come up from Wmsburg

or rather from the immediate vicinity, for he has been afraid

to go inside since he has undertaken to bring up goods for sale

which he obtains secretly.  He says that things are unchanged

from their condition previously.  He brought me a letter from

Mr. Sweeney who has been very kind about my afairs.

He took 5 of my mules from my lot immediately on my

departure from home.  The Yankees stole one. Two he gave

Isham for their use on the farm, not thinking it expedient

to trust all in their possn.  One he gave to Gawain to use for

Mrs. Henley & for himself & the other he sent to Mrs. Sydney Smith.

            He says that he has talked with Isham several times & that

those who remain seem disposed to await out return if permitted;

that they seem rather disgusted with the Yankee treatment and that

all are in place except Jacob who went to Hampton with

his family from Mrs. Tucker's; no doubt corrupted by his wife &

Mrs. T.'s other servants who have turned out to be amongst the

most despicable in Wmsburg.  Mrs. Sweeney's letter was dated  17 March.

            I went to church today, altho' it was slightly snowing & sprinkling, &

heard a very fine sermon from Minnigerode.  I went to see Mrs. Stanard

the other evening. she sent her love to you & the girls.  She complained of their not

visiting her. or letting her know that they were in town when they were here;

I excused them on the score of the weather & told her I make sure they would

not have waited for her to go to see them even if she had known they

were here.     I also invited Maj. Mumford & the ladies one night last week,

also Dr. Hoge's to see Lizzie Ewell & the family.  I had been there before

& likewise General Ewell.  So you see I have become quite a visitor.