CATALOG NUMBER HF 3032 N
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE
AUTHOR
RECIPIENT
MEDIUM Paper, ink
*Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written.
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If you choose that Mr/ Bolton & Mr Jeffries shall aid &/ assist in composing your forces I have/ nothing to say in objections. I will invite/ them for you with pleasure, but if your/ [crossed out] object is simply to make up a/ whist table, I have to inform you that/ Dr Nelson, I [understand], is broke &/ plays no longer. Dr Watson has c{unrecovered}ently/ took his for [unrecovered] finish, or he would not have/ left two tables here the other night to go/ home & [look] over a game of commerce,/ if to he is uncommonly assaulted with elegance/ with & without reason & Mr Fitzhugh/ told me this morning that he was by no / [unrecovered words] tp join a whist club tonight/ but [wd] Eathan take part in whatever/ was going on. He enjoys it very much once/ in a while, but not as a regular thing.
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Col Campbell & William Randolph/ have already been notified & Mr L/ will not forget the General. Should/ you [unrecovered] in your wishes [unrecovered] / the [“his”] let me know. If than nothing/ farther from you I shall say nothing/ about it-/
Yrs AM Fitzhugh
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[ADDRESS]
To/
Mrs. Nicholas/
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