p.

too has fallen but Lydia even
it were thus and so vanish all
dreams of happiness in this world
it were better than submit to the
rule of tyrants + unprincipled
men- a national freedom
purchased by a million such
lives were cheaply bought and
in these efforts sucess must
attend us or else this happy
dream of home with all its en-
-dearments is but a dream +
can never be realized
Our enemy fight with the
utmost desperation they are
terribly in earnest
These thoughts are not called out
because I am discouraged or have
gloomy forebodings for I am
cheerful + as happy as any one can
be in the same kind of business
and I am looking forward forward
to the time when you will see