Scope and Contents Reassures her that she is thought of on a daily basis; apologizes for her long neglect, which resulted from her [JSD] giving up her room to houseguests, and also to the fact that she could not procure any stamps for a period of weeks; shares news of family and friends; mentions that Lottie is "quite alone in the County [Prince George] all the residents having fled to Petersburg many of whom have died"; describes the many cases of diphtheria in her area; Freeman returned from college with scarlet fever; mentions an outbreak of smallpox but due to the vaccinations there have been no deaths; returns again to the subject of family and friends. 2 pages. Bears autographed letter signed from Jane S. Dupuy, at Windrow, to Sister [?], , 13 March 1863.Hopes that she is doing well now that she is "out of the reach of Lincoln's minions"; feels sad when she thinks of Anna and Mattie and "their confinement & the innumerable privations & annoyances they have had to endure & yet I wonder that they have not suffered more from such wretches"; is distressed that such a large area of the Confederacy is occupied by Union forces; feels that the Confederacy will gain independence but is sure that the war will last for years. 2 pages.