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Has not received a letter from her for a long time; received another letter from James, who said Louisa keeps getting better; encloses a copy of his letters [not present]; hopes she will show the letters to some of their nephews; William went to Dunnington today and went fishing with Walker; a doctor there saud it might take 6 weeks for Walker's arm to heal completely;  hopes it does not take that long; David Spence is not feeling well; encloses a letter from Mrs. Cox [not present] in which she asks Ann to bring her some stockings; (15 [Sept.]) David's own doctor gave him some pills to take, though he does not feel much better; buoght peaches; received a letter from Miss Lippett, who had been too ill to write and express her sorrow at Walker's accident;  will send Walker the original letter; the surgeon-in-chief at Gettysburg wrote to William to say that Edward R. Stanos is not on their list of wounded men; Mr. Ludlow and Sophy dined with them on Sunday; Mr. L[udlow] took sick with a fever,  Matthew thinks they may have peace by the ends of the year, he [RM] thinks that Charleston, South Carolina will only surrender if the city is in ruins; thinks that destroying the city would take them farther from peace; thinks the best chance for a Northern victory is dissent against the government in the South; Matthew thinks that the next president will not be Democrat; he [RM] thinks that the next president will be a nationalistic man with support from both parties; gold has been decliningl they have heard that F[or]t Moultrie has surrendered. 4pp. ALS