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for ten days past. I have visited a few of my friends lately - the barrel of molases
has arrived - for which I paid $2 waggonage. Mr Haigh wrote you it cost
30 cents per gallon & there are 33 gallons - it is of the new crop - & he thinks very good - I have
not tried it yet - he says - white lead is selling very low - & he doubts not but you can
get all the paints you will need on very good terms - Mr N Tucker Jr. came to see us
on Saturday evening & brought 400 pages of some work Mr. Lemay sent - he wrote you a
note saying he wished you to make out an index, prepare a title page preface etc - before
you start on your circuit & he missed the mark widely he said there would be 150 pages
more which he would send to you as he printed them - I merely told William
[T?] - to tell him you were gone & I expected could do nothing until your return.
I received a letter from S McKee since I wrote - she says my friends are delighted at the
prospect of your being appointed Supreme Court Judge thinking that you will return to
Raleigh if you are - I was quite amused to think how far they were wrong - I suppose you have
seen that they could get but three members & they adjourned to meet again on the 18th of March
I am pretty certain however that Judge Nash will be the man.

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Hon: William H. Battle
Lincolnton
Lincoln Co
No Ca

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In justice to Kemp I must tell you that I asked him while at
dinner why i did not hear of Mr. Wilson's praising him - he said
because he did not tell me - Mr. W said twice last week that
he always knew his lessons - Will is reading Latin & [look?]
consequential hunting out his words - likes it too very much -
They had to write compositions last friday & he chose "The Horse "as
a subject & Kemp says he gave [illegible] as an example of a good
one - I laughed a good deal at [illegible] you not tired?

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Mr Carr has rented the house in which our boys occupied as their school house & they
intended to move into the village Chapel to-day - poor things they have a bad chance
I read Kemp your letter, I thought it caused him to look rather serious - the little boys
were evidently pleased. Mary is as great a chatterbox as ever says I must tell you - the old
brown has 11 chickens & they are so pretty - Junius is as smart as ever - but is bad - Joel is still
very regular in his College duties - & I hope is doing well. I have heard from Warrenton tho R. R Ransom
son who has come to College as a Phi Beneficiary he sent me word that that Bro K - was mending. I shall
write to him in a day or two -- I forgot to tell you that Mrs Hooper says she heard your address was
thought very highly of by the students - I understand one member of the Magazine has come out - but it
does not appear in that. I should like to know the reason - my paper is exhausted so I must say
goodbye. - I do sincerely hope that you have not been [too- crossed out] much disappointed at my not writing
before - Be sure to write every week. to your afft wife L M. Battle

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[text written on top third of page as follows]

for ten days past. I have visited a few of my friends lately - the barrel of molases
has arrived - for which I paid $2 waggonage. Mr Haigh wrote you it cost
30 cents per gallon & there are 33 gallons - it is of the new crop - & he thinks very good - I have
not tried it yet - he says - white lead is selling very low - & he doubts not but you can
get all the paints you will need on very good terms - Mr N Tucker Jr. came to see us
on Saturday evening & brought 400 pages of some work Mr. Lemay sent - he wrote you a
note saying he wished you to make out an index, prepare a title page preface etc - before
you start on your circuit & he missed the mark widely he said there would be 150 pages
more which he would send to you as he printed them - I merely told William
[T?] - to tell him you were gone & I expected could do nothing until your return.
I received a letter from S McKee since I wrote - she says my friends are delighted at the
prospect of your being appointed Supreme Court Judge thinking that you will return to
Raleigh if you are - I was quite amused to think how far they were wrong - I suppose you have
seen that they could get but three members & they adjourned to meet again on the 18th of March
I am pretty certain however that Judge Nash will be the man.

[text written on centre third of page in the centre as follows]

Hon: William H. Battle
Lincolnton
Lincoln Co
No Ca

[text written on centre third at bottom of page as follows]

In justice to Kemp I must tell you that I asked him while at
dinner why i did not hear of Mr. Wilson's praising him - he said
because he did not tell me - Mr. W said twice last week that
he always knew his lessons - Will is reading Latin & [look?]
consequential hunting out his words - likes it too very much -
They had to write compositions last friday & he chose "The Horse "as
a subject & Kemp says he gave [illegible] as an example of a good
one - I laughed a good deal at [illegible] you not tired?

[text written on bottom third of page as follows]

Mr Carr has rented the house in which our boys occupied as their school house & they
intended to move into the village Chapel to-day - poor things they have a bad chance
I read Kemp your letter, I thought it caused him to look rather serious - the little boys
were evidently pleased. Mary is as great a chatterbox as ever says I must tell you - the old
brown has 11 chickens & they are so pretty - Junius is as smart as ever - but is bad - Joel is still
very regular in his College duties - & I hope is doing well. I have heard from Warrenton tho R. R Ransom
son who has come to College as a Phi Beneficiary he sent me word that that Bro K - was mending. I shall
write to him in a day or two -- I forgot to tell you that Mrs Hooper says she heard your address was
thought very highly of by the students - I understand one member of the Magazine has come out - but it
does not appear in that. I should like to know the reason - my paper is exhausted so I must say
goodbye. - I do sincerely hope that you have not been [too- crossed out] much disappointed at my not writing
before - Be sure to write every week. to your afft wife L M. Battle