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Williamsburg March 26th [1862]
My darling,
Your welcome
& affectionate letter should
have been answered, as soon
as received, but really I have
not had five minutes that
could be called my own.
Some one is coming in all
day—You know how it
is here, without my fur-
ther discussing the subject.
You know that our door
knocker has no rest. I am
now almost constantly
occupied making jelly,
custard, farina &c for
the Hospitals. The African
Church is converted into
a hospital for sick sol-
diers, & being so near me
I do a great deal for it,
indeed I call myself the
Patron Saint of that In-
stitution. Most of the ladies
in Williamsburg visit the
sick soldiers, but I never
do, & consequently think
I ought to do as much at
home for them as I can.
The patients too from the
Lunatic Asylum come to
see me almost every day
& there are some very [page torn here/believe it to have said] [in-]
teresting ladies am [page torn/believe it to have said] [ong? ongst?]
them now—one in particu
lar a Mrs. Jones. She is
a niece of General Scott's
& [grief?] at his behaviour
& anxiety of mind because
her son [has? was?] a soldier [was?]
the cause of her insanity.
We were made very happy
last week by seeing her
so happy: she was spending
the day with me & in
the evening her son
arrived to her great sur-
prise & delight. He was
in the engagement in
Hampton roads & was most
proud & happy & made still
more happy by finding
[page torn] [perfe?] ctly well. They both
[page torn] [sta?] id here until the
next day when he left
to join his Regiment
& your unkle [sic] took an
excellent likeness of him
for his Mother; he is a
brave boy, being only
sixteen when he joined
the Army.
We have spent a most
exciting time since this
time last year. I never
spent so busy a year.
Your Cousin John has
had 20 sick soldiers stay
ing here some of them
with Typhoid fever &
you may imagine how
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