Anne F. Maury, North Carolina, to her "dear Aunt" Ann Maury, New York, New York, 1864

Containers:
Box 3, Folder 171
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Scope and Contents

October has so many anniversaries in it that she thought of them often; tomorrow is Charley's birthday; Dr. Herndon and Dr. Walkins made all the enquiries they could [about young Harris], but they were unable to find out anything; assumes he must be dead; sees so many peopel who are in mourning as a result of the war; Miss Mary [Gilpin] plans to teach in High Point, North Carolina; her [AM] letters are very interesting to her; fears that her own are very repititive, as their days always follow the same pattern; sometimes has to borrow wood when she runs out; a friend is taking care of her cow, though the cow is being difficult; has been making artificial flowers and selling them; has made 60 or 70 dollars; wishes she had some small pieces of velvet and tubes of paint; her invalid [her husband, Lewis] is weak but may have to leave soon; Sally is ging to visit Cousin Martha to be near Cha[rle]s; Fontaine is in Charlottesville, Virginia; Cousin Jesse has a daughter, Nannie, who is not pretty, though she is clever; asks for pictures of Mytton and Virginia [Draper]; feels selfish to dwell on her own sadness about not seeing them when other people's problems are much worse. 1p. ALS Including Ts of ALS, 3pp.

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