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but don't resume ale - put yourself into the Doctors hands - I am very anxious about Frank. They are very near the enemy and shells of bullets are flying all aroundthem - yet they talk of rRichmond as their destination - I thought it was conceded by all there, except a few [unclear] democrats, slavery was the cause of the war. if slavery be the cause, certainly emancipation must be the cure - [unclear] left on Monday after a very [unclear] visit. part of the time at [unclear] on a path of Charlotte's - He always enjoys a visit here very much - and is very happy, having lived down the [unclear] over absurd objections that Pa made - his children are neither dwarfs nor deformities - but large and smart. and her husband is in a fair way to be entirely independent of his father in law - she is contented and I contend that every woman has a right to choose for herself, and relations have no right to find fault, unless the marriage be of a character to compromise her happiness and involve their aid - merely because a man is not ust exactly to their taste, is absurd