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Plans to write to Nan soon to tell her of Walker's accident; sent Miss Lippett's letter to Walker, was glad to read in her latest letter that she plans to  wait for more information about Walker before deciding to gome home sooner than she had planned; David Spence went to see his doctor again; the doctor told him not to take any more physic for a day; (17 [Sept.]) went to get letters from  Arabia, but they had not yet arrived; David is feeling better, and his appetite seems to have improved; Matthew plans to go to Greenwood on Monday to see what progress has been made on the vault; has not heard from Walker or Sarah in 3 days; wrote to James; suggested to Matthew that they re-invest their profits from the £4000 they sold; the Democratic papers are all discussing to suspend Habeas corpus, feels that the action was justified, as it is wartime, and does not feel that personal liberty is in danger; is more concerned about problems with England because of the Rames; thinks that people in England feel that the U[nited] S[tates] aren't brave enough to go to war, in light of the Trent affair; progress is slow in the seige of Charleston, South Carolina; there are articles in the Rochmond papers againt  "Reconstruction," so he assumes that other people in the South are in favor of it; the Republicans will probably nominate Lincoln again; (18 September) sent peaches to Elizabeth; is very surprised that Fontaine came over on the Arabia; has heard nothing from him except in a letter, which he encloses [not present]; often thinks that Fontaine is crazy; encloses copies of a letter from Walker and one from Sarah [not present]; David coughed all night, but is feeling better. 4pp ALS