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{Note to Swem - these two pages don't appear to be from the same letter - given the folding. Also, these are not the complete letters]

Rome, June 26th, Thursday morn

Dearest Mother,

I owe Nina a letter a [mails?] longer

standing than yours, but it seems so long since I have

written to you that I must have a little chat with

you first. I was so glad to get your letter, but I am so

comfortable myself that I can't bear to think of you

not having your [tea?]. If you don't have it when you

get to Mr. [Red's?] could you not get some and keep it for

your own use. I am so sorry to hear you are not well, you

must not get down. I was in hopes you were getting

up. Nina wrote me you weighed 108, and that beats

me, 95 was all I could boast of a month ago. I am going

to the mill again Saturday to see if I have fattened. Last

week I thought I was going to have chills, I felt so badly but

I got some thoroughwort - and took and now I feel quite

well again. I did not know until I got your letter that

the 2 Fitzhugh Lees were in Stuart's brilliant exploit, I am

very glad of it. How is it that you all hear so much more

than I do. But did you hear that red-headed Mary [Magill?]

had married a yankee officer, so Pa writes me, I can't believe

it. Are you not glad the [Brudins?] are are occupying our house

so I suppose there is something left to take care of. I sup

pose from Pa's letter received yesterday that they may be

fighting in Richmond today. I was so astonished to hear

Jackson was at Hanover Junction, I thought him still

in the valley. Father seems to be very confident of victory

and to think it will so far relieve us as that he talks of speed

ing