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November 02, 1867 from Jane A. Brand to Kate Armentrout

Your welcome let
note was received and I
was heartily rejoiced to
hear from one whom
I can call sister. I now take
you on the list for a new
correspondent.I hope
you will continue to write
Nothing gives me more
real pleasure than to sit
by our cheerful fireside and
read an affecctionate letter
from those I so dearly
love. I wish I could make
my appearance and be
with my earliest and
affectionate friends in old
Virginia. I have spent
many most pleasant

hours with them and
memory shall ever hold
them as clear and sacred
I hope you are agreeably
domesticated at home
and you now have my
warmest wishes. May
Brother make an indulgent
husband, and ever speak
kindly. May no cloud ever
rise to darken your
pathway. I feel very grate-
ful to you for offering me
a home with you and
brother. No doubt it would
be a pleasant home. I shall
except of it if I be so fortunate
as ever go back. Remember
me kindly to all my
relations