Halls hill Sunday morn

 

My dear Alice

                        I got a good long letter from you last night and am so much obliged to you for it if you only knew the pleasure it gave me you would feel double paid for your exertions at writing so long on one I got four last night yours was the first one I read Pa read the one from home while I read yours. then it was my turn to read that. Then I read Lizzie Vincents then one from Cousin Kate Saiger I was feeling very badly at the prospect of starting to morrow and when I read the one from home from Lucinda telling me that Ma had taken Emm to Rockville to see Uncle Morgan it was enough so I cryed the rest of the evening Pa feels very badly indeed and would try to [?] furlough but D^r Bently told him in confidence that his regiment would move in four / days with only two hours notice and he thinks it useless to try for a furlough but if she dont soon get better he will go home if he has to resign

 

I hardly know now if I will go tomorrow or not, very likely though I will You must write often and go up and see Emm and tell me just how she is. they will not have time to write to Pa & me often enough to suit either he or me but you write often and that will equalize the matter

 

Direct in Care of W^m Demkorn National hotel, Phil. Dont I hate to leave. I guess I do. well so you dont think to [?] handsome well Alice I dont either and his photograph does not look like him. he is people say handsome dressed in full suit standing off a little ways I think so my self but when he is up to you he is far from it as you say Lieut M^cRobberts was up to our tent last friday evening. I showed him our group he pointed to you said you were the very picture of a lawyers / daughter in Albany that sat right opposite to him in sabbath school he is getting some more photographs taken alone this time he is going to give me one No danger Alice of me getting a ring from him for he is already engaged to a young lady in Albany all I know about her is that she lost her father and is dressing in black. he told Mrs Revere that he did not believed he loved her but she loved him and his parents were very anxious he should marry her. bad state of affairs dont you think Indeed and dont I pitey Mary Lowrie I never imagined he was such a man I should tremble in my boots if I was in her place I wish also that all men were like our fathers Col. Vincent they say drinks here but perhaps it is all talk Keep “mum” I dont know any thing about the present Capt Campbell or [?] got I suppose though they presented by the men in their company. The Capt gave Magor a splendid suit coat twenty-two dollars very clever little fellow I guess / Captain Campbell has just been in has gone though now.

 

Pa is going to try to get home is going to write his request now and get it on its way to Butterfield Parke & M^cClellan hope he can get away. I think I will not come home with him as I desire to stay a few days in Phil & Harrisburg if Pa thinks too dangerous upon reaching home I will come right home then. I am placed in so peculiar position now that I am down here I might as well make a few visits on the road home for fear of not being able of getting there soon again and if Em was dangerously ill I would not for the world stay one day longer Indeed I would have liked to been there last wednesday to your party. I could not be there so that ends the matter. Gen G M^cClellan was here the other day was in the hospital but I did not see him missed him so nicely. I wll tell you lives when I get home /

 

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Direct as I told you

to to Phila unless I

change my mind I

will go there

I feel very badly today

I wish you were here

to help console me

I would like to

be down where

Pa is but circumstances

alter [?]

Alice dare I ask for a

long letter in answer to

this. I guess I may for you knowing my

feelings swear you will excuse a short letter I

know you will I extended your invitation to Ines Belknap

& if I see Lieut M^cRobberts give him his Goodbye Love to all

write soon to your loving friend Lizzie Faulkner

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