[Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society]

November 9, 1862

Dear Husband

I now sear myself to answer your letter which I received yesterday, I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you was well your letter was verry encouraging it would be more so if I could hear that peace was declared and you was a comeing home but I must wait patiently but oh how hard it is to be separated from so good and kind a husband and stand and wait patiently for the plotting and planning of a few political leaders the old democrats are having everything their own way in the election I suppose they think they will have a glorious time yet the more I se and hear the less confidence I have in our ever having peace restored to us again I think these United States will be a divided land when the fighting ceases if that ever is and I think will soon for I think they have got most tired of it at the first of January the President has declared the slaves of rebel owners free what do you think that will amount to please write and tell me I am thinking there will be a great change in what way I am not able to say but I hope for the better but I guess I will stop writing about such things or you will think I am crazy but I must say one more word and that is I think that most all of our head Generals rejoice to think that Seymore is elected I wrote to you last week and did not get a chance to send it until last night I was all confused when I write and my eye was sore and it plagued me to see my eye is better now but is not quite well I think it is a humor I am well other ways and our little girl is quiet well she lays here on the bed sound asleep but I am expecting she will wake very soon she goes to sleep every day between nine and ten o'clock and has a nap of an hour and a half and two hours….