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Nov 22nd
My dear cousin I have just finished
a letter to the girls telling them all
that is going on amongst their old
friends and now I will enclose a note
to you about the state of your estate at
this present [?] In the first place
I must express my great interest in dear
Fanny's boys. God grant that they may
be back by this time. Do write and let
me know. [?] the yankees do not come in
and make a raid upon us, as we are
all fearful they may. Mr. [?] [?]
be here soon and I will [bring?] and send
up your [business?] and send you the bill
of sale, etc. Mr [?] account amounted to
[?] [?] and the Dr. has given me several
scolds about it. He charged me with
25 percent discount on the Con. money and I was so
silly as to pay him without [consulting?] the Dr.
168.69. Mr. [G?] writes me to pay the
servants here up to the time that they
send off with the yankees, excepting Mr. [A?]
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whom [?] time must be paid as
you left him [first?] [?] [some?] of
the first servants [in town?] to join the yankees
The whole amount [will] be I [presume?] about
175. You will see by the accounts I will
send all that I have [secured?], sold,
and paid etc. Some of the house linens or
bed linens with the exception of 1 pair
of [?] [?] - 24 [towels?] are sold.
I have them all packaged away in a large
old trunk of mine. One of the coats in
the [dear?] boys [?] I am certain belong
[?] to cousin Charles and will send
it to him when I can. Everybody objects
to to having any extra baggage or responsi-
bility on their journey up the Valley -
We have at this time about 4,000 men
to guard us. Today a quantity of soldia-
rs was [armed?] and general preparations
made for an evacuation, although it
is said, we are not to be left to the
[?] mercies of the enemy. They have
been behaving dreadfully in Charles -
town stealing everything they could lay
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their hands on - locking up the men
whilst their homes were searched and
robbed, even entering the ladies cham
bers before they were up in the morning
and saying they were looking for Con. Soldiers.
Mrs. Harrison has been taken prisoner a
second time. Indeed my dear cousin
we are almost worn out with this con
stant state of uneasiness and anxiety.
Every body, even the young girls look
old and sunburned. I spent today,
(Thursday 25th) at Mr. Conrad's. Mattie
Harrison is there and she is persuading
Kate to accompany her