James Fenton Bryant, Franklin, Virginia to Maggie (Margaret Gunter), Enfield, North Carolina, 1888

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 2
Scope and content:

Is able to walk to the office but it tires him out; is gradually recovereing "my flesh and strength"; Fent really wants to see them married and wants her to come home as soon as possible; Nell says she [MG] treats her mean because she [MG] no longer writes to her since he has been well; Dick is somewhat better though his fever is still not checked; he [Dick] is becoming quite restless; wrote to General Smith [President of Virginia Military Institute] to find out if Dick could enter in the middle of October; Mr. Brownly knows of the frequency of their correspondence as do Mr. Knight and Mr. [Walter] Urguhart; Miss Marnie Parker has fully recovered; remembers that the size of the ring she wanted, made of her old family jewelry, would just fit over his little finger, but also remembers her saying something about having the band flat, square, or round and wonders which; wonders if the engagement right was not to be a little smaller; has had an extraordinary bad luck this year; but has one bright episode which more than compensates for all the clouds- "my good fortune in meeting my 'little girley'"; Mr. Bogart is down with another attack of rheumatism; notes that her last letter was a little brief and asks if she can't write a longer one next time. 8pp. ALS.

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