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Rome October 24th, 1862
Friday Morning
My Darling Mother,
Your very welcome letter was received
by the last mail, and very glad indeed I was to get
it. But I am sorry to find you miss us all so much
and are so lonely at Uncle Gordons, I reckon it is even
more monotonous than it is every where in the coun
try in the winter. I go through the same [?] every
day too. Get up at six, dress, read, and knit or write a
part of a letter as I am doing this morning, breakfast
at eight and school at half past until twelve. Then I
knit until dinner, sometimes in my own room, some
times I go down, then dinner at no particular time
and then school for one and a half or two hours then
I sit in my own room and read any history and knit
until the sun goes down and then with Maria take a
walk. After [?] we all knit until about nine and then to
bed. We have had no visitor since I came back except Mr.
Bolling (he is here every day always), Col Edmunds, and Mr.
Goode, an old Uncle of Mr. Bolling who got here last
night after [?], and Mr. Bird, an Episcopal minister
who staid here one night during the convocation. I am
teaching in my own school room now. It got so cold in the
school room, so I sit up there a great deal, but I am
not lonesome, though I want to see you all very much
and think a great deal of you and our darlings in
heaven. I knew you would miss our darling Charley
more at Uncle Gordons, but he was so happy there I
should think the recollection would be pleasant. I can
see his bright face now so placidly in his romps with
the boys. Our darlings, they will never know sin, war
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grief nor pain again, and before very long we shall all
meet them again I trust. I had a letter from Cousin
Sarah, soon after I got back and sent it on to Sister
as it was to us both, and asked her to send it on to you