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Blenheim March 21st

Tuesday Morning

Darling Nina,

Your welcome letter da-

ted Bremo arrived last night [I most?]

[truly do?] thank God you are safe.

You have indeed passed through ter-

rible times, but I trust it is now

over. The same mail brought me

a letter from Mother. She has had, if

possible, a worse time than you

have and both she and Father have

lost some of their clothes, but are

at home and safe. I would send you her

letter but she said she expected

she would have an opportunity

of writing to you in a few days so

I suppose you have heard from her

and her letter was dated the 12th. I will

send it to Uncle Fred. I still feel

anxious about you all, particularly

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darling Mother. I am so much

afraid she is suffering for the

clothes she has lost as they were

those she was wearing and from

the excitement. You too I fear are

suffering from the excitement and anx-

iety to get to Norwood. You must be

as contented as you can and make

yourself as agreeable as you can. I

know it is very hard to be off among

strangers that way, and those you feel

you have no claim upon that way,

too, but perhaps it is God's way of

providing for you a comfortable

home for next year if you make

a good impression there now. I

saw an advertisement in the

paper a short time ago from J.B.

McPhail, Keysville, Charlotte Co.

for a teacher for the rest of this

year, but he required music, so I

did not send it to you. Since then

[Mag's?] Father Mr. Harris met Mr McP

on the [cars?] and told him of me, he express

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ed a great desire to engage me for

next year and gave Mr. H his address

and asked him to send it to me and ask

me to write to him upon the sub-

ject, which I did immediately, telling

him, however that I did not teach

music or french. I have not yet

received an answer and can't tell un-

til then then whether it could be

made available for you. I will let

you know as soon as I hear, but

if you could get the place how could

you get there, you would have to go

back to Richmond. I reckon Mr. [Cable?]

will contrive some way to get you

to his house [soon?]. Ma says if you

can get a good situation in Gooch-

land she reckons you had better

take it. I don't know what reason

she has for [?] [?] you can get any.

[Fitz Lee?] with his division was on

this side of the river, but did not

have force enough to oppose the

yankees any where except in

crossing a river and the roads were

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so dreadful they could not get

a single piece of cannon with

them, their wagons broke down

and had to be sent back, and horses in

good condition broke down from

the exhaustion of pulling themselves

through the mud. I saw Willie B.

Purnice D Wesley Redd, Powell Grady,

Hunter Powell and some others, but

Hunt was the only one who came

to see me, consequently the only one

I saw for any length of time. I got

the letters you enclosed and am

much obliged. Brother John's was

very sweet but I think you might

have sent me the one you got at

the same time. By the way I had a

long letter from Mr. Flournoy a short

time ago, he wants to know what

Miss Nina is doing with her [beaux?]

now, whether she still loves any

of them as brothers, also begs me

to send him her direction if she is

willing he should have it, and to

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beg her just to write to him sometimes, he would as-

sure her no one should see her letters, I thought I

would tell him she would write to him as a sister.

I have not gotten my cotton yet. I thought I was secure

of it once; it was at the [?] House waiting for the Dr. to send

for it, but when the alarm came that the yankee dogs were

coming the agent sold it to someone else. He has sent for

more but no telling when we will get it. I have a letter to

write to Ma and to Uncle Fred today so I can't write any

more to you now, and I hope you too you will be at Norwood be-

fore the [?] you a good bye

Hattie

I want to send my silver

cup to the government, what do you say

I was greatly shocked to hear of dear little [Fannie's?] death, poor Aunt [Ann?]

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It must be a sore affliction how did you hear if it was she at

all conscious of her condition. I don't reckon there is any

reason to suspect poison, I don't suppose she at anything

at the camp, and it would have affected her sooner if she

had. Mr. [Tiden?] lost a daughter pretty much in the same

way a few years ago.