Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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Your first letter from Charlestown written Wednesday evening Nov. 26th. was rec'd last night. I am glad to hear that you can come so soon. Will your teeth fit well if set so early after the old ones are extracted? You did not tell me whether you had the old ones out or not. I suppose you had though I should hardly expect you would pass so important an event by without saying something.
I hope by this time you have rec'd all the letters I directed to Bradford. I
continued to write to B. because I did not know
but you might conclude
to come out with her Mrs. Blunt - If you did not leave
word with Laura to send my letters to you, you had better do so as I have
written in regard to many things that I have now forgotten. You ought not to
have given her permission to open them.
Write in your next letter, if you can, the day you expect to come out here. I
think you had better stay in New York over night if you can do so without being
frightened. Is there no one that you can stay with? If you stay there over night
you can get into Washington the next evening, which I think will be the better
way. That is you will start from Boston in the morning, reach N. Y. in the
afternoon, stay there over night, start for Washington the next morning &
reach W. at six o'clk. I will meet you at the depot &
we will stay
there over night & come over to camp the next day.
If I should not write you again you will go to Willard's, if I should not happen to meet you, & if I should not find you there, enquire of the clerk if there is any one there from the Vt. 12th. If you can find any one let them know who you are & send word to me. If you find no one drop me a line thro' the P. Office. But I think there will be no such trouble.
Capt. Ormsbee's wife is coming out here & will be ready to come when you do. You had better write her & arrange it so as to meet her at Springfield or some where on the route & you two can get along together. Direct to "Mrs. E. J. Ormsbee, Brandon, Vermont." Arrange the time to suit yourself & me & Mrs. O. can come any time, for she is all ready.
Mrs. Blunt is here comfortably situated. She went down to Mt. Vernon today. We are having beautiful weather. I wish you were here now, but I suppose we shall have a great deal such weather all winter.
I was in Washington yesterday & saw Mr. Morrill & Senator Foote. I rode in horseback - about ten miles. Mrs. Blunt is going to write you something about a riding skirt. She talks of riding horseback. You can get one here & can fix my hat into a riding hat if you want one.
Give my love to Uncle Dan & Mrs. Shaw, Ellen & all the rest. Tell Mr. Shaw that I wish he would come out here this Winter & see how we live in camp. He shall have the best we can provide. He can visit us without any trouble.
My house is finished. It has two rooms in it, the largest for you and I & the smaller for Nelson. I have a first rate fireplace & you do not realize how comfortable we can be. If you were only here I should enjoy myself first rate. The next week & a half will drag tediously along, but I suppose I can endure it.
You say you wish you could be in some city with me. If we remain here we will see what there is to be seen in Washington this winter - Congress - the Capitol - President's levee - & house - &c. &c. I think the time will pass pleasantly - & we can go to Mt. Vernon too.-
We expect to be paid off soon but it is not yet certain -
You had better not get your fur until you hear that we are paid. I write but very few letters except what I write to you. I am pretty busy as I ahve the command of the Regt. & have everything to do.
Genl. Stoughton is not coming here as he expected. It is yet possible that Col. Blunt will be appointed Brigadier, though it is a matter of much uncertainty. Whichever way it goes I care but little.
I have not heard from Charlie Harding for some time. Perhaps I owe him a letter.
I will write nearly every day so must be brief.
Write often for I want to know how you are & when you are coming. I want a bed fellow. But you will find my blankets rather rough.
Yours in hasteRoswell Farnham