Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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Your favor of the 23rd of Sept came to hand in good time and was as
gladly received by me as your letters always are It found me well and enjoying
life as well as usual and I I hope that this will find you all well at home I
should have enjoyed being at home much on your birthday and if I had been you
should have had a present but I am in hopes to be at home by your next birth day
and then you may
expect to get some sort of a present if I can get
one I can hardly beleive that you are 14 and that I am nearly 24 Well I suppose
it is so and in a few years more I shall be an old Bach if I am not careful what
think you of that. Well I do not feel very old yet but am as much of a boy as
when I was 18 in feelings at least. Nathan wrote me that Lib Morey was married
but did not tell me who she had married but the next time I hear from Canada I
shall find out. I should have liked to have been there at the wedding first-rate
I have no news to write for we have no news here except the old story of All
quiet along the Potomac or
Rapidan either is equaly true for it is
very quiet in this vacinity at present and worse than that for we cannot even
guess what the next move will be so we have nothing to talk about and the only
time when it seems lively here is when the mail comes or the news boy makes his
appearance then we seize the papers and search them to get something new. To day
there has been a paper in circulation in this Co. and it has been signed by
nearly every one in the Co. requesting Lt Holton of this Co. to resign and go
home. what affect it will have I do not know but if I were in his place I would
not stay here a day if I had to run away.
You wanted to know in your
letter if I would not like to see Miss M. M. G. Certainly I would like to see
her and have a good long visit with her if I could and it does not make me blush
to say so either for I think she is a fine young lady do’nt you Who is Gusta
that you spoke of in your Letter. I guess I do not know her.
By the way Orman tells me that he has sent home for some things and I wish you to send my my boots and shirts &c. when Uncle sends Ormans to him if you can also send me some postage stamps as soon as you get this if you have not before for I have to borrow now. Write soon and often
A kiss for Carrie. from Lyman