| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Charles David Brand and C.F. Moseley | Requires 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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