Flora to Miller A. Wright
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02691.11.030 Author/Creator: Flora Place Written: Cedar Valley, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 January 1863 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20 x 25.7 cm. Order a Copy
[cousin]. Flora tells Miller that she now has her own excuse for not writing recently. She has been looking after a dying man who has been staying at the house for some time. She is especially sorry that the man has not been religious of late, and that it may be too late for him to repent. She vehemently tells Miller that if he had "any respect for my (her) feelings you will never mention his name with mine." He had accused her "of having a charm on the hill." In this, Miller's cousin claims that he was "more mistaken about that than you (he) ever were (was) about anything." She was "never more in earnest in her life." She mentions that she has been writing the letter over a period of several days, a few lines at a time. She inquires as to Miller's recuperation, and wishes that he would write to her soon.
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