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but I felt since as the [?] of
April approached that you
would not let the day pass without
writing : Oh! how I longed for
your presence then : [?] have [?]-
[?] me that I must feel the
soft pressure of your hand on
my head, your sweet eyes on
my lips & as my eyes rested loving-
ly on your face, to hear words of
comfort & sympathy that would
calm my agonized heart Yes
darling Sister, [?] I would
have been comforted in a very
great degree could it have been
pressed closer to your heart
& heard you whisper my Pet
You will see by the heading
of my letter that I am on a visit
to my friends in our own loved
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"City by the sea" & I am anticipating much benefit
from it : Ma wishes me to go North, but will not
[?] it as I dread the trip & am so terribly opposed
to it : I am so much [petted?] here [it?] will be indeed hard
to tear myself away, but should the yellow fever visit
the City, I will be compelled to leave & in that
case will probably visit New York & New Jersey ;
Darling Sister I long to see you with an intensity beyond
description & live in fondest anticapations of realizing my
desire before very long : take good care of yourself for I
often make myself miserable by fancying that you are
sick : & now, one favor to ask & I will trouble you no
more for the present: Please write very very soon to
your own Pet
(Direct to Care of Mr. [W?] [J?] Robinson Charleston S. C.)
A thousand, thousand kisses