Moses Hume wrote this letter to Lucy Chase on April 16, 1870 from Gordonsville, Virginia. A note in pencil asks for the letter to be sent to the Chase sisters.
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[in pencil] L C Contraband
Gordonsville Va April 16th 1870
Much respected Friend
I will acknowledge the Note you sent me & was much gratified to be able to hear from you and hope to be ale to hear from you again before you start on your Journey
Mrs Esther is getting along nicely and sends her love and best wishes for you & little Emma sends lots of love and would like to see you again & we all hope for your wellfare and hope you will have a pleasant Journey and go and return safely
I did not Appreciate untill now that you was so good & I am determined to learn all I can Certinly I think you had the most Patience of any Lady I ever say & I regret very much that I couldn’t have tome to school more than I did I have now comenced to board at Mr Manns to have a much better chance to study than I did I think of you every dday and will not very soon forget you
you must try and write before you go on your journey please to excuse so short a letter and I will try and do better next time.
this from a faithful Friend and well wisher now good bye for now and may God bless and take care of you
this from Moses Hume
Mrs Mary Johnston
[in pencil:] Miss Fortin will have the kindness to put this with papers for the Misses Chase [?] expects to go to [?] to see the folks off but it is a little doubtful [a number of illegible words]
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