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glad enough you have had one good meal of victuals. I hope it will do you lots of good. I do wish you could have been here the last three weeks - you could have had all the fruit you wanted. I have eat so much, I am getting tired of it. For the last week we have had all the plums we could eat, beside tomatos & apples & blackberries. I never was at a place where I could have all the fruit I wanted before. I received a paper from you day before yesterday an Ashville paper. I have looked it over, but do not like it much or the spirit that exists there between the rebels & the northern people & I should feel afraid to live there. This same old feeling with the South towards the North will exist for long years to

in margin The boys send their good Papa lots of love & they say they will write you to-morrow. I will try & have them. I asked Artie if he wanted to send Papa is love & he said "Ee"