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1863 Dayton Sunday April 19th My dear Augusta I suppose thee has received my letter informing thee of John Darst's departure, and of his willingness to escort thee home. The time, I think, is as thee wished it to be, and we are looking for thee. If thee is not coming with him let us know, if thee is telegraph that we may be at the Depot. We…

Dayton June 5th 1864 My dear Augusta. I received thine of May 31st yesterday and would have answered it immediately but I went to the new lot and then to call on baby. I found *S.* cleaning house, so I staid to nurse all the afternoon, *S.* said there was no need but I thought I would. And baby was so pleased to be with me. I did not wish to go.…

Dayton June 7th 1864 My dear Augusta, We write immediately on receiving thine, never wait more than a day, and seldom that long. We too think the letters were "few and far between" We have not heard from Howard for some time, till this evening, He wrote from a Camp near Dallas, the date of his letter is May 30 is in the midst of danger, has so far,…

Dayton June 9th 1864 My dear Augusta. I was just sitting down to answer thine of the 4th when Jere's letter of today came, and relieved us very considerably, Of course we are still very anxious, and hope thee will keep us advised of Luthers condition, let it be what it may, We had begun to feel at ease respecting him, and most of our anxiety was on…

Dayton June 14th 1864 My dear Augusta, We have three letters from thee, received yesterday, Mine of June 10th I now propose to answer, Having no letter paper I have taken this scrap, Mr *O* called last evening and gave us the fullest, and most satisfactory *version* of Luther's condition, that we have had, He says he may go to Washington soon…

Mrs. A. F. Brown Care of Mr. Peira Washington City Douglas Hospital Mother June 17th 1864 Grandma Forrer Dayton June 17th 1864 My Dear Augusta, I have thine of June 13th, which I was glad to find hopeful. But, we have been pained by a dispatch which came today saying L is worse, Jere started to go to you but the *bain* delayed, and he found it…

Dayton Nov 10th 1861My dear little Sella I have set apart this sweet Sunday morning to write to you, and tried to tell you how much I love you and your dear little brothers, now this is not easy to do, for I love you so much that I cannot find words to express myself clearly to you, you must understand it is a great deal, as I used to say when I…

[Grandma Forrer to S.B.W.] Dayton Feb 9th 1862 My dear Sella I wished to write to you last Sunday but had so bad a headache that I could not, I feel like writing today and more pleasant it is to do so because mamma tells me you are learning to sew and read and that you improve generally. I was sure you would and it is very gratifying to be…

Dayton O. July 1st 1864 Mrs Luther B. Bruen Madam At a meeting of the members of the Montgomery County Bar, held in the Court Room in the City of Dayton, this June 25th 1864, the following Resolutions were passed by that body; "By the will of Providence Major Luther B. Bruen, another of our cherished friends and brethren has been called to…

[letter head: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Adjutant-General's Office, Boston,]Sept 11 1861Mrs Bruen Dear Madam Several months I had a letter from your husband asking me to find out if I could a look containing the History of Family in Charlie Co Engled* in which was an account of his family. I found it and a few weeks ago I had it copied and sent…