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Greenwood Albemarl Va
July 15 1867
Gen Schofield Honored Sir

I hope you will excuse the liberty i take in [[strikethrough]]tres [[/strikethrough]] trespasseng upon your invaluable time  If you could see and know the amount of meszery and anguish a old and infirm mother of thirteen children know in my eightyth 80th year on account of mesztreatement by those that are bound by god to be true to me untill deth  i know sir you would very readily excuse me for writing to you at this time I met with a great mesfortune some 12 or 13 years ago, by the deth of my husband, he left me with a plenty of evry thing to go on a first rate [[strikethrough]]home[[/strikethrough]] house a stock of all descreption that i wanted [[strikethrough]] farming utensils [[/strikethrough]] househoald and kitchen furniture to entertain from 15 to 25 boarders besides my own living family farming utenteals of all description my sons was all in the north at that time with the exception of one and one [[strikethrough]] of tham get [[/strikethrough]] and one of them sones was in 

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[[strikethrough]]home[[/strikethrough]] house could also be [[strikethrough]]horre[[/strikethrough]] horse ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-21 13:48:22