1862 June 26 Fredericksburg,

Thursday Eveng Fredericksburg, June 26

Dear Sir
I avail myself
of a kind offer to take my letter
to Baltimore to write you
a few lines.  But we have
written you so many letters
and have non in reply
that I have thought it
best not to write more.
We are living  in Dr George
Carmichael's house in
Fbg. pleasantly enough
Fitz Taylor's illness alarms
us greatly for the result.
I fear he can not recover
To day I have been busily em=
ployed in the meadow
saving the crop of grass=
A great undertaking it is
with no one to do it.

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We moved here this week
thinking it might improve
Father, and then conveniences
of life are greater here.
Write soon and direct
your letter care of Capt
Mansfield or Provost marshall
of Fbg  It will come safely

unsigned letter to Dr. William Forbes of Philadelphia passed across the lines from his family in Fredericksburg

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