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It is unsafe for a man to travel alone from Mobile I heard one man was murdered some few months ago—by robbers—one woman was shot dead from her horse near Baton Rouge by robbers. some say they are our own People the swamps are full of deserters & those evading the conscript act—It is said there are not less than 10.000 in Miss alone— 

 

Write me the News does Charleston still hold out or has it fallen too.

 

Do when Mary sends news papers or in a letter put a few Beet Seed--& carrot—I had the greatest quantity of the finest eggplants I ever saw and had to give them away. I could only fry them two or three times no lard love to all Y^r Aunt

SMH

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