Cincinnati — No, Fayetteville, Virginia,
Saturday, March 1, 1862.
Dear L—: — I reached
here in good condition last night. Find Dr. Joe very well. How he loves the
boys! All things look bright and cheerful.
Colonel Scammon
goes home today. People seem glad to see me, and I am glad to see the Twenty-third
again. They greet me a good deal as the boys did at home.
Darling, you will
be pleased to know, and so I tell you, I never loved you more than I do as I
think of you on my late visit, and I never admired you so much. You are glad I
feel so? Yes; well, that's “pretty dood.” No time to write much. Love to
Grandma and kisses for all the boys.
I brought all the
grub in my haversack except three biscuits clear here. More welcome here than
on the road. Ask Dr. Jim to see that my Commercial and Joe's Gazette are sent.
They don't come.
Affectionately,
R.
Mrs. Hayes.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 201-2
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