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                    Williamsburg Dec. 23d – 1867 –

    My Dear Lizzy
                A short time
ago I wrote to you, & sent the letter under
cover to Mrs Hoge – as I was not certain
of your Post office.  I directed 2 letters
to you at Farmville.  From the
Post mark on your last letter I infer
that Farmville is Mr Scott’s office
& therefore till I hear to the contrary
will direct to his care there.  I was
able to send your sidesaddle  the day
after I got your letter to Richmond in the
care of Wm Tompkins – with the
request that he would forward it by
Express to Farmville as soon as
a few trifling repairs could be finished
such as girth &c.  It did not seem
to require much.  I did not like the
shape of the stirrup much, & you had
better exchange it if it does not
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suit.   The saddle left here is
in some respects a better one but
it seems to me as if it was
rather too small to be pleasant
to ride on.  I hope you will
soon get that sent, & that you may
find it a source of amusement
& of health.  The weather here
was intensely cold for a few days
& threatened to close rivers &c in – In
fact for a day or so, the James River
was not navigable --      There
is nothing new here I have seen
but few of the girls, & have had
no conversation with any except
a few words with Page, Saunders, so
far as I know there is a considerable
calm among all your immediate
friends in consequence of the
reaction so apt to follow
an unusual  excitement.
    It would have been rather
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disagreeable to have been kept
in Richmond several days by the
weather, & rather a serious
imposition on Dr Hoge. Mrs Hoge &
Mary have both written to me very
kindly.            I have
not heard from Wm Reynolds [ ? ]
of them     ^ (written above the line: him & Sophia)  except to learn that
they succeeded in starting
from Richmond the day you did.
Their journey must have been
disagreeable enough – Pauline is
getting on  so so, is more attentive
than usual, & no less talkative  Dixie seems
to be very well disposed, & quiet except
a fondness for talking, and takes
very good care of your canary bird.  Old
John  has been sick but was efficiently
doctored by Pauline, & is not a great deal
better.  I enclose some wick.  You will
double it till it fits your lamp not too
tightly; experiment till you get the
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best size.  It ought ^ (written above the line: not) to be loose
enough to admit its slipping
in the lamp from the aperture, and
no so tight as to prevent its being
moved in the holder at pleasure.
Give my respects to Mrs Scott &
tell her I wish I could pay
a visit [ ? ] to her but I cannot
just now.  Also to  Mrs Scott Sen, &
Remember me kindly to the “General”? &
tell him it will require time
& patience to manage any one who has
for so long had the management
of herself -- & has had her own way
as you have – Remember me to
any of my old Prince Edward friends you may
meet, Mr F. N. Watkins especially.
            Yours affectionately
            Benj S. Ewell –
p.s.  It will be dangerous in the extreme
for you to be riding about without a sufficient
escort.
Mrs & S. E. Scott