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1Author:  Case, Adelaide E.Add
 Title:  Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 26 January 1862  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Addie apologizes for not responding sooner to Charlie's previous two letters. She has read in the newspaper that Gen. McClellan is not granting furloughs and Addie is disappointed in not being able to see him. Charlie had sent her poetry, presumatively love poetry. Addie writes that she always wishes that she could be a poetess and that she sees poetry everwhere in life and nature. Finally, Addie comes to the main point of her letter. She claims that she sees Charlie only as a brother, not a lover. She is conflicted over her feelings, hurting Charlie, and the impact on family and friends. Laurie (Addie's brother) has been playing a song, "Heart be still" in the background, and it has Addie's emotions riled up. Addie hopes that Charlie does not take her letter badly for she does not wish to hurt him. She points out that loving him as a brother places him in the highest esteem, and that it is not an empty and cold declaration. Laurie finishes his music and wishes Addie to go with him to a prayer meeting, so Addie closes the letter praying that a guardian angel watch over Charlie.
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