Headquarters, Valley District,
July 22d, 1862.
Dear Colonel Preston,
— Your letter, and the touching poetical production of Maggie have been handed
me by Cadet Morrison. I have known your son Willy long, and hope that an
opportunity will offer for showing my appreciation of his great worth. Accept
my thanks for your kindness in advancing funds to Cadet Morrison. Please settle
it as you suggest, and keep the bond until you hear from me upon the subject;
unless you should meet with an opportunity of handing it to Mrs. Jackson; but
do not send it to her. I congratulate you upon Frank's return home. Remember me
very kindly to all enquiring friends. Please say to Dr. White that I wish him
to pay my stipends last due, from the money I sent him by you. I think he
acknowledged the receipt of the funds, but said no thing about the stipends,
and I fear that he did not feel authorized to pay himself from the funds placed
in his hands?
Very truly your
friend,
T. J. Jackson.
SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and
Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 151-2
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