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Camden SC Mar 10th
Could Miss Bettie have
been near when her letter was
handed to me and while I perused
it, she would have been satisfied
with its welcome, for I was almost
as glad as if it had borne the
signature I love best of all others
on earth; viz Bro' Johnie's: my heart
aches so at the thought of bidding
him "good-bye" that I can scarcely
write, but I cannot let him return
to Virginia without an answer
to your very sweet note and will
therefore make the attempt, hoping
that you will peruse it with a