| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1867 December 08  | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Irecieved your letter yesterday eavning; was truly glad to hear from my
better half. Indeed I had beagan to be very
ancious to hear from Rose
Dale. espescially one of its ocupan
ts. If it had not been so far & I was
busy I would have made my apperance
aroung the family circle at Rosedale. Indeed it would have
given me a great deal of pleasure to embrace my dear wife. My health is very good with
the ex
ception of the headache today. I have been
suffering with it all morning
But hope it may be well by morning I have been enjoying very good health since I was down. Hope this may find
you still improving & happy
Recieved a letter yesterday eavning from cousin Mollie Colman directed to my Kate wich I as before took the
privalige of opening. I will enclose it in
this to you., Hope you will not
centure me for the privileges I have
taken the letter is very hard to read There may be sense in it but is
hard to get out, I think our Photographs are very good. Yours I am very
much pleased with. the attraction was so
grate that my lips ware
naturally drawn toward it. I bought very little at the sale. evry thing was old & roughſ. I got a dining table but as Ma intends to
give us one I can trade the one I got for a good safe. wich we will need. I got a good coffee
mill & one or two other articles. The chairs ware so indifferent that I would not bid for any. I have laid
in over three hundred lbs of Pork
Made some sosage & rendered out the lard ready for use. So you
need not be scared I will give you plenty of
meat & bread to eat if nothing more & I am sure we
will never starve. In regard to mooving
up. I would rather your Pa would moove us up for it would cost me eight or ten dollars to
get a team to
moove us up. Very likely I could get Bro. J. to
moove us up. I do not know whether he is
busy with his machine or note. I am glad that Sis Ann has not
given up coming up with us. I will find tranportation for you &
her If I do have to drive the cows, I hope the
weather may remain as beautifull as it is
today so that we may not be de layed by bad roads
& inclement weather. Will hope for the best. Nearly dark; my head has quit
aching. I took a short nap this eave
something new withme
Evry time I go to the land of dreams I meet with my absent
Kate It will not be long untill I may realize my night dreams. I will be down
Saturday if thare be no pres
venting providence. Either
Carriage Buggie or horse back. I will
close as it is getting so dark I cannot see how to moove straight acroſs the page. Give my love to one
& all, & reserve a double portion for
your self If you are
writing today I will recieve it before I
come down. Now may bright angels protect the from
all harm is the prayer of your loving husband. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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