1861 Sept[ember] 23 University of Virginia

Dear Genl [John H. Cocke]

Sir yours of the 13th inst.
which was recd a few days since you speak
of going to Richmond before you come up
here I am going down to Rd tomorrow
on business & hope I shall find you there
but if not, I wish you would inform
me of your movements, & if it is in
my power after getting thro' with my busi-
ness in Rd. I may run up & make you
a little visit, if you will be at home
My mission to R is to find out the chances
for employment in some of the departments
of the government. I find I can do nothing
by writing. Whether I succeed or not, I
supose I shall be there a week[?] [hole in paper] within that
time & hope to hear from you, or see you, if
you can make your arrangements to go down

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Richmond College is now used as a
hospital for soldiers, & we will not open
in Rd: as usual. I suppose you will
spend this Winter as usual in the south
What time do you go?

Mother writes with me in kindest
regards to yourself & our friends at Bremo &
Recess

Your friend sincerely
Wm G. Strange


William G. Strange [d. 1900?], a University of Virginia alumnus, was a professor at [Richmond College?]. Strange refers to Cocke's regular journeys to Alabama to see his plantations there
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