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Blenheim Nov 16th [1864]

Wednesday night

Well my darling Nina, I reckon you

begin to think it is time I was writing to

you, and answering your last most wel-

come letter so now I will begin. I have

just gotten a letter tonight from darling

Mother telling me that she was sick at

Mrs. [Puleski's?] and I am so delighted to hear

that she is so comfortable, and quite envious of

you when I think of you as with her, while I

am so far off. What pleasant walks you will

have together in the evenings. I am truly de-

lighted that you have her so near you. I am so

glad too you are getting along so much better

with [?] & sincerely hope you may be able to man-

age her. I suppose you have seen my letter to

Mother giving a full account of all the wed-

ding frolic, so I will not repeat any part of

it except to tell you that I certainly lost my

heart with that brown eyed Bolling and

that I think Bartlett would make the

sweetest brother in the world. I have not

heard anything of them since they left but

Uncle Willie comforts me by telling me he

thinks he intends to come back, for he left

his carpet-sack at his house & he wants to know

if I don't want to keep it. I believe I ended

my letter to Mother last Friday, so I will

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only continue my history from there. Fri-

day evening I walked over to old Mr.

[Hurts?] & staid all night with [Sue Hooper?]

who made herself so agreeable that I did

not get back until Saturday night. I found

Mr. Clay had come the evening before & was

still here. Mr. [Venning?] had been here the

night before & Mr. [Kuch?] that morning

but they had left. Sunday we went to church

in the neighborhood, to hear Dr. Hobson

murder one of Bishop Wilmer's sermons. In

the evening Dr. [Wearing?] & Mr. Venning came

to stay all the evening & say goodbye & the

next morning left the county. Now as to my

great friend Mr. Goodman I have not seen

him for a week tho' he does not live half a

mile from here, and at the time the Dr.

went to Richmond he had not been to see

me but once or twice, so begging Mrs. Stuart's

pardon I don't believe the Dr. ever said any such

thing. Belle got that up when she went down in the

cars with him & you. He has been to see me four or

five times since, but I have no idea of hurting

that good man's feeling or he of giving me

an opportunity. Since Sunday we have had