1862 September 20 Richmond, Va.

Confederate States of America
     WAR DEPARTMENT
Richmond, Sept 20  1862

My dear Mary
      What is the world did you send
George back--I have no place for him
& can not afford to keep him, I sent
him home for those reasons--I board
on Main & Adams near the Old fairgrounds
My room is 8 x 12--bed 4 feet wide.
I wrote you a long letter yesterday I sent
it to Verdon--I will see Miss Charlotte
Temple, & ask her if I can get a room
for you--I fear it will be a hard
matter to get a hack--I have been
quite poorly for some time--
                   Kisses for the children
                              Your Cal

Mrs M. E. Noland
Airwell
Hanover Co. Va.

Mrs Temple will
give you a good
room, & it is as near
to your uncle's, as the
Houses down town.
all the goods are
on Broad Street

Callender St. George Noland, 1813-1879, formerly of the U.S. Navy, more recently commandant of the battery on Mulberry Island Point, defending the James River.

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