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Sept. 17-23
No church. A little touch of Fall this week; cool enough for fire. Write to Dave. Had a long sweet letter from brother Peter. He tells me dear little Sally is at Holly Springs and very poorly off in the world. Jabe lost everything he had with the Confederacy. Sally is selling her clothes for the necessaries of life. Brother Peter intends helping her. He seems to have determined to stay in Missouri. Will go to his farm and stay. Says he is now much the Ban of the Empire. Cannot practice law but he can't give up Missouri. Will stay, hoping for better times. Will keep Lewis [his son, Nicholas Lewis Minor] at home with him. Has engaged an educated north to instruct him. I read The Adventures of Philip by Thackeray and enjoy it ....
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