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Haven't head from you since you May 29 letter from Petersburg. œWalker's face is still to unsightly for him to come to the office. 1 page.

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Short note. Mother is looking much better. Sarah is well. 1 page.

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Baby is ill buy hopefully will remain strong. Am trying to cross the lake to find a doctor. Then a letter is transcribed from R. Maury, New York to ˜Ann', 27 June 1865 which discusses family affairs. 1 page.

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Had œMajor Mordecai for dinner and discuss the war and his family from Richmond and Raleigh. Lewis may get a President's pardon. Continued discussion of family and the war. 2 pages.

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Talk of the war and of Lewis obtaining a pardon. Contains a copied excerpt from a letter R. Maury wrote to Capt. Hawks on 15 June 1865, concerning the delivery of money. He feels Hawks has stolen the money ($50.00) and is very angry. 1 page.

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Local happenings and letters from friends and family. 1 page.

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Talks of letters from friends and family, the weather has been rainy, I have been reading the book you gave Sarah. 1 page.

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We hear nothing of Sarah these days. Miss Gilfen and Jas. are in town tomorrow. I received letters from cousin Eliza to thank me for the material aid. M. F. may have left for Havana. 1 page.

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Miss Sarah has come home and she is looking very well, although she was previously ill. [Includes quotes from William's 23 June New Orleans letter which discusses family life]. Discusses other letters from friends and family and comments on the weather. 1 page. Top right corner is torn and some text is missing.

Scope and Contents Thank you very much for the soap¦we are trying to make lye¦œI bought some green apples to bake to help out vegetables which are very scarce now. Yesterday morning Mr. Bill Smith, from the Harding Callum's Store, was murdered for the little money kept there. The police have named a suspect, a œwhite man named Birch, and they are working to arrest him. However, one of Mr. Wilson's servants [an African-American man] is the witness, and œI do not know if colored evidence will be taken now...

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A letter filled with bitterness and anger over the war's end and its aftermath. Discusses English reaction, United States' failing, his opinions on the œNegroes, and laments the loss of good men in the war. Talks of procuring a professorship and beginning a school at Lexington, Va. 2 pages.

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Discusses how the Chief Engineer of the State has contacted Hancock, and treated him with great consideration, and talks of sugar making on his plantation. œI am no more in favor of ¦ fraternization with Yankees than I have ever been. I am very thankful that I do not have disability, or a sick wife like Dabney. I am thinking of work in Kentucky. Tell the boys and little Lucy of my love. 1 page.

Scope and Contents Seven photocopied letters written by or connected to the Maury family. Copies are bad; some are incomplete and dates and authors are not visible on some of the copies. Location of original letters unknown. Letters appear to be written between 1864-1865 and concern the war, an excerpt from an invitation for Gen. Robert E. Lee to dine with the Maury's, and Native American Indian policy. Identified authors include Rutson Maury, Rev. F. P. Tremlett, S. P. Harris [?], and perhaps Gen. Dabney...

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Letters from Rutson Maury, Dabney Maury, James Maury, Sarah M. Maury and Anne F. Maury to family members. Acc. 2007.63 Addition

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Letters from Rutson Maury, Dabney Maury, James Maury, Sarah M. Maury and Anne F. Maury to family members. Acc. 2007.63 Addition

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M[atthew] F[ontaine] Maury, V.M.I., to Nan {Ann Maury]. He is petitioning the State Legislature for his Memphis Plan; family news - "we are a set of poor creatures;" says "the VMI promises so far to be a great thing for Walker." Includes typescript. Acc. 1999.17 addition.