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old Capital, for they have heard me speak
of you so frequently, they are quite anxious to
see & know you & I feel confident that it will be
a source of great regret to them, that they
have missed such an opportunity of becom-
ing acquainted with you : Bettie, wont
you have a likeness taken for me, while in
Richmond? Please do, darling Sister, for I
want a good one, one that is just like you
& you know you have told me that the one
I now have is a perfect caricature :
The weather now is perfectly charming & all
nature seems preparing to welcome genial
Spring : I, too am glad, for 'tis my favorite
Season, & as I have had nothing particular
to engage my attention this Winter, as I had
last, it has been an unusually long & un-
pleasant one to me : then too another cause
of rejoicing is, that Spring will bring with
it the return of my Brother's wife to our
home-circle : She is a dear sweet Sister &
pets me so, that she has completely spoiled
me, though indeed there is not one of the