Aunt Jennie--the wife of your servant
Uncle Henry leaves this evening for Bremo--She
tells me you have a good deal of butter & fine
Asparagus & I must send a basket down & she know
you will send me a lb or 2--We are in great
excitement here in regard to the fate of Richmond
& poor Petersburg my native place I hope all will
be for the best We are over run with soldiers
both sick & well from 2 to 3 thousand They
have not only pressed all of the ware houses
& vacant homes & private property & yet they
speak of taking our Churches for the sick & wounded
These & the refugees have nearly brought us to
starvation I have never known any thing to
equal the demand for food & the scarcity
of it I had rented a house & before I could
move in it Refugees took possession of it & we
cannot move them out of it except by ejectment to which
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we would not resort Mr Doughen's health is
indifferent he & my daughter unite with
me in affectionate regard to you--you son
Charles & lady Dr Brent & wife & particularly
to Mrs Courtney Cocke & her daughters We expected
to have had Aunt Jenny to
& hope to have her yet--Please tell Hen
ry we are glad to hear he is well---
very respectfully your friend
Lucy L Doughen
Any kind remembrance you will send us
in these hard times will come safely to hand
consigned to James Boy he lives just at
the packet landing
MSS 640
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