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Richmond 17 March 1864
I received your letter to day, my
beloved wife, and was much annoyed to
find that you had not received my letter
written by the mail of Monday last, which
you might to have received on Tuesday
morning. I cannot undertake to
hope even, that you have received it at
all, as you did not get it in time, but
I can only hope that you did.
I was delighted to hear from you
and to know that you were all well.
I have been about as busy here as I
was at home. I have had, & still
have, much to do, but I shall be up
on Monday night whether I get
thro' or not, & I shall be heartily glad to
get away from Richmond and
return to you all. I have seen a
few friends & have been treated by
them as kindly - fully as kindly- as
usual, and my time has passed as plea-
-santly as I could possibly have
expected in these times. I hoped that
Col. Rawley Martin was received here
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amongst the exchanged priosners re-
-cently received, but I have learned
since that he has not. I should have
been so pleased to see him with his
parents and friends on my return.
I heard this morning, thro' Col. Smith,
assistant q, master Genl. who came down
yesterday from Charlotte, of James Semple,
but on enquiring at the hotel, I found
that he had gone down to Drewry's Bluff.
Dear Bob will have to wait until I
get back, for information as to how
to join the army. I have bought
him two shirts - (flannel) & shall
try to get his leggins [underlined], tho' I am afraid
I shall not succeed.
I will bring you what I can find &
can afford to buy. This place is
very disagreeable and every thing
is awfully high & things to eat are
very scarce, but, thanks to many
friends I am not starved.
I will try to see more of my firends
before I leave here. My time is much
occupied in public & private business
and I do not know whether I can
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get to see them all.
I cannot tell you many things,
for want of time, which I should be
glad to tell you. One thing which
I am far from being glad to tell is
that Mr. James Lyons' house was
burnt to the ground on Tuesday night:
Furniture, clothing & all, excpet a little,
all consumed. I want to get back
among you and to you all, as much
as you desire to see me.
Give my most affectionate love to
my dearest children, Lelia, Page
and Bob and believe me to be as
always. Your R.S.