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December the 3. 1865
Mr. P. C. Cameron. Matt and Ellis has both come to me and say that they are willing to work on your land and take care of their grand Father and grand Mother as Jim has tried and can't get no place for them and if you dont care I will fix them a house as as Mr Clark says he is goin to take down Phillips house and make him a kitchen of it I wish you to send me word by Matt what I must do. at each plantation we have mad a bout four hundred barrels of corn. the Negroes at the mill quarter got a bout one hundred and 32. barrels of corn we have got only a bout 3 [H?] hogs. and aim to get up more if I can they are so fat they will hardly come to us on account of the [mast] I forgot to name how mutch the Negros got here they got a bout the same that the others Negroes got at the mill quarters. I have sowed all my fresh land in wheat and am sowing now on the low grounds this leave us all well yours Respectfully L. H. Card
Raleigh Dec 13th 1865 My dear Mother I received your letter by Brother this morning U was vert glad to get it for it gas been a long, long time since I had the pleasure of a letter from you & this was such a nice long one. It gave me much pleasure, dear mother, though I did not feel at all hurt because you had not written, for I know what a time you must have had. Papa told me he thought he had a letter for me but when he came to look for it it was wanting. Aunt Milly was very sorry to find that Maggie's letter did not come with mine & says she must certainly send it even if it is a month old. I am very sure you miss us all a great deal but most of all I know you miss the dear little girlis & feellost without them. My dear mother what will we do without these precious little ones it makes my heart ashen to think about parting with them. Brother tells us that he is obliged to leave before Christmas, & in that case we will all want to be together & I will go up together with Lizzie on Saturday as nwe cannot very well
get ready before-; I know you will be surprised not to see Burke & sister Annie tomorrow with Papa & that you will be sorry to hear that the- reason is because sister Annie cannot very well go as the weather is so inclement & the Dr thinks it would be imprudent to carry her not as she cannot wear her dress at all. She has suffered a great deal more than any one can conceive for she has been so patient with it all; for several days sister Annie has been poulticing the place under her arm with flax seed poultices, but yesterday she seemed to be suffering so much that we thought it was time to send for a Dr & Sister Annie preferred Dr Burke; he came & pronounced it to be an absess & not a common boil & that it would be better & would give her great relief to have it opened; that it would break itself but that it might be two weeks before it would break & she would suffer agony_. This morning he lanced it & she suffered a great deal & was terribly frightened, but seemed a good deal relieved, but as the day passed she began to feel very badly & when the Dr came again he opened it again & she seems quite right now, & I hope she will continue to improve
though the Dr. thinks she ought not to go out She has had a [nice?] [little?] [party?] since she came & enjoyed it very much; & I wished you could have seen the sweet little miss, particularly Rebecca who sat up at the table & enjoyed herself as much as any bodyWe are all right well here except Annie -. I think dear Papa looks a great deal better since I saw him last I hope he will not be any the worse for his strife. I am truly glad I think he is coming to Hillsbro, & we will all be rejoiced to have him comfortably settled there. Aunt Maggie [??] & uncle George send you love & say they are so sorry to think of my going; & that they have not seen much of me & will expect [now?] to come after we are all settled at home to see them. I have to go for I know I am a comfort & assistance to Aunt Milly. Tell the children, we would all have been glad to have had them come to the Fair yesterday; Annie had a good many pretty presents to cheer & help her. [illegible] has just left - I know you will be glad to hear that Barker saw him - he seemed to feel the parting from his friends so much -