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Hd. Qs V.D April 10th 1863
My Dear Cousin,
You must excuse me
that I have not written till now to ackno
wledge the receipt of your letter [?]
the pretty comfortable cap which ac
companied it. My reason for not writing
immediately and [?] thanks was
that a plan was on foot to go down
and attack [Milroy?] and I expected it
to be coming into affect in a few days
and then hoped to give you some
news from Winchester knowing how
much you are interested the place, but
Gen'l Stuart interefered with that [?]
[management?] and we were waiting on
him for a long time expecting him every
day but he did not come. Finally
giving him out I went off on my
furlough which I had gotten some
weeks before. I took advantage of it.
On my return I found your letter of the
23 [?] and hasten to reply. I went from
here to Charlottesville where I spent several
days very pleasantly. Saw Miss Mary [?]
several times and the Misses [?] from
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[Berkely?] who were staying with her. They are [very?]
interesting ladies. The change that I found
in the [?] was quite agreeable - young
ladies have taken the place of the students
on the lawn - formerly when I called on a young
lady I would probably find some two or a
dozen students in the [room?]. Now I find
four or five pretty young ladies and myself
the only gentleman. There it is sad to see the
cause of education suffering so much and to
think of so many talented young men
deprived of the advantages of such an
institution. But as things are now it
would be [?] more sad to see young men
flocking to the place - for who would not
rather be an unlearned freeman than
an educated slave. From Charlottesville
I went to Uncle Wellington Gordon's, where
I spent several days very pleasantly and
learned some news of the family which
you will be glad to have. When I got to
Uncle Wellington's I found that cousin
Meg had been gone several weeks. She
got a very pleasant situation at a [Mr.?]
Pope's in Brunswick only some 7 or 9
miles from where cousin Hattie is teaching.
Mr. Pope is represented to be a very [nice?]
gentleman indeed and they live in fine
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style. He is a widower with two grown daugh
ters. Cousin Meg's duties are light only
three bright little children to teach - from
her own account her situation is a very
pleasant one and I would not be surprised
if in the course of time it should prove
her happy home. It would be hard for
one to live in the home with cousin Meg for
any length of time without becoming an
admirer of her and as widowers are at
least not less susceptible than other people.
I think it natural though that Mr. Pope
should become a lover in due course of
time. He may regard himself a [favorite?]
of fortune if he gets her. Cousin Nellie