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Blenheim March, 31, 1865

Dear Nina,

I have written to you once

by way of Belmead. I have been hoping

every day to get another letter from

you in the same way, but none has

come (I got your letter and the one containing

letters) so I will write again. I did in-

tend writing you a long letter and taking

it to church on Sunday and getting the

Miss Cockes to take it from there. [The?]

[mail?] is so slow now, but the [?]

ing agent has come this evening and

the Dr. will have to go to the C. H. tomor-

row, and so can't go to church on Sunday.

So now I have to write in a hurry to

send the letter and a carpet bag down to

Miss Maria Harris by the Dr. tomorrow,

hoping to get it to church. [In?] [living?]

in that way, I send a carpet bag con-

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taining what few things I have been

able to spare for Father and Mother. Two

pair of socks for Father and a hank of yarn,

a flannel skirt, chemise, and pair of

drawers for Mother. The drawers are thin

and old, but I thought she must have had

one pair on [?] [?] but plan would be

for you to let her have your third

pair and you take the pair I send for

your third pair. I intended putting

a few band on them tomorrow, but

shall not now have time. Tell Ma

not to disturb herself about your flannel

[jackets?] for next winter. If you can

through this I reckon I can get yarn

through for you by that time. I tried

very hard to get some [?]

for them but could not get a bit. I sent

Mother my bombazine dress, I think

it will make her a right decent looking

dress for a while yet. I intended doing

a little fixing to it tomorrow, but shall

have to send it without. I sent also

a purple lawn dress, for either you or

Sister, whichever Mother thinks needs

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it most, I reckon you have the most col-

ored dresses, but Sister the most black

ones that she can still wear. Ma

must decide whoever takes it had

better make a new pointed yoke to it

I sent the pieces. I say "I sent" all these

things but I only mean I am going to

make an effort to get them to [?]

and then make another effort to to get them

to Belmead and from Belmead to Bremo**

so you see I may fail, but I shall try any

how. I do not know even that you are

still at Bremo**, but I thought if you

had gone, Mrs. Brent would probably

still have some opportunity of sending

it. I wish I had Father's hat ready to

[send?] but the Dr. has not yet succeeded

in getting the machine to work. I feel

very anxious about you all particularly

about Father's and Mother's clothes and do wish

I could do more for them, let me know

all you hear of them. I have not heard

a word since their first letters giving

an account of the yankees. I have had

two letters from dear Sister, one enclosed

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[**side note that Bremo is a mansion owned by a Dr. Cocke where M.C. Lee spent time during the war. M.C. Lee is a cousin of Selina Powell, Hattie's mother.]