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1Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Charles David Brand and C.F. MoseleyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from Charles David Brand with addendum from C.F. Moseley, 1866 August 12  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: Your letter came tohand some two months ago. I was truly glad to hear from you you must forggive me for not answering it sooner as I was very busy at that time. I am now pretty much through my busy. I will give you a sketch of our crop We have a fine crop of tobacco & corn but I think if Providence dont smile on us & give us a little rain, the corn crop will be cut short in this neighborhood. we have not had but one rain in the last two months but I still have some hopes yet Will, we made a fine crop of oats I think we will make about 1500 hundred bushels. Will you said something about being an old grayheaded bachelor if you will come over on this side of the Ridge where love & beauty reigns I think you could find some old widow that would sympathise with you in your troubles,—for I cannot after hearing how badly you treated Kate one that you loved so dearly but alaſs that love is forgotten. will if you cannot love her again I would not advise you to marry her for it would be unwise to marry any lady without true love—Will said something about the times being better in RockBridge & your substitute for greenbacks I would like to have about 10 gal. of your substitute for it is a very scarce thing in this neighborhood. you say that the wheat was very good in RockBridge I am glad to hear that there is a good crop made somewhare for we have failed in this county. Will you ought to have been with us on the first sadurdayy in Aug we had a grand memorial at the Buckingham female institute there there was about 500,hundred persons there & about two thirds of that number lovely fairsex there wore some of them butiful I could hadley keep from falling in love with some of them. we had some fine speaches uncle made one 12 pages long I enjoyed myself very much. I was over at Scottsville a few days ago I was at uncle Joes I found all well there They told me cousin sweety & Jocy Jane was sick Over the mountain they said that girls you had called on them. When I saw the old Blue Ridge it made me think of home & the happy hours that I have spent there. I would like to come to see you all do not know when I can get an opportunity to do so but I will come as soon asp I can. I think you might come & see us. It is not so far that you should dread the ride trip we could give you some watermellon to eat now.
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