Letter to Spotswood W. Corbin, 1872

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Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Letter regards travel to St. Louis, Missouri.

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V.M.I. 12 May '72

My dear Corbin,

I expect to leave for St. Louis on 22. But the getting out of this valley is the trouble. The idea of getting out oppresses somewhat as Sin Bad the Sailor was oppressed in the Valley of Diamonds.

Thanks for your kind invitation, but I don't reckon we shall get away from here before the fall. Moreover we are hedging now so as to treasure up for the move. Today it's very hot. Lucy is under the weather. The church is to be pulled down tomorrow. Mrs. Burwell is here- and we are all well.

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