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December 12, 1865
Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout,
December 12, 1865
WFB, Alone Mills [Rockbridge County] to “Miss Kate,”
w/envelope addressed to “Mr. William F. Brand, Alone, Rockbridge Col,
Virginia:”:“The last time I was in your presence you desired
to be united in the holy band of marriange in November”; reminds her
that she once stated “you never would be willing to marry me until I
had some little home of my own . . . I fear many moons will grow old before I
can claim a home of my own” but is willing to get married next fall;
“if you will wait until another summer I will give thee my hand with
my heart”