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Richmond
August 4th, 1863
Dear Hattie,
Your letter of the 1st inst
reached me a few hours since, and I
lay aside other pressing duties to answer
it without delay. It gives me such plea
sure to hear from my relatives as well as
to see them. Your Father spent an hour or
two with us last Saturday. I was rejoiced
to see him in such apparent good health,
and to find that with God's help, he has
been enabled, like myself, to bear up under
the painful [dispensations?] [His?] wisdom has
called him to endure. I trust the same
[resignation?] has been [?] your
dear Mother, your sisters, and yourself.
As regards the subject of your letter, I
am sorry I cannot write more favor
ably. We are not keeping house alone.
but [are?] [numbers?] of a [mess?]. Each indi
vidual in the [house?] paying from one
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hundred to one hundred and fifty dollars
per month. No member of the house is permitted
a guest. This restriction we should feel
more if we had a spare room. We have
none, except an attic room, a play place
for Mrs. Davis' little boy, which is too hot
to sleep in. You do not ask my advice