Scope and Contents Enclosed $50 southern money in his last letter which took $125 Confederate money to purchase, and the rates are going up sharply, it now taking $300 Confederate to purchase $100 State Bank; expects to procure some "Greenbacks" from a man who is coming from General Lee's army, as the Confederate soldiers take them from the pockets of dead Yankees; has heard that the Yankees have let Mr. Spear through to the front lines of Williamsburg with provisions and hopes that he brought her butter, vegetables, and fowl; suffers greatly at the thought of his wife and young children suffering; excuses her for not writing because he knows it is difficult for her to know who is going outside Williamsburg; hopes that she will be able to get out a letter soon; asks her to send a list of what she needs and cannot procure herself, and he will get the items for her; declares his faith that "Genl. Lee and his Army are invincible"; asks after his children; has sold Mac for $1200 and asks if she can use Virginia Treasury notes in Williamsburg. 6 pages.