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Winchester, July 8th 60

My Dear Hattie,

I have just received

your letter, (as the Dr. acknowledged

that he had kept it in his pocket

for several days) and I hasten to answer it

although we did have a most [?]

[?] [time?] [during?] the Yankees [?]

[?] dear Hattie in these days every

thing is exaggerated and it might have

been [much worse?]. Indeed it has been