The day after Lee's surrender at Appomatox, Charles McGuffin receives an order from a captain to bring his wagon to Whitesville.
The friend to whom Martha Roadcap writes is probably Mary Baylor, who will later marry her son, Charles McGuffin. In the letter Martha speaks of her disappointment with the defeat and dreads being "overrun by the vandal foe." She writes that she will save all the information from the Heists about her son John's death, for Charles to read when he returns.
Martha Roadcap's letter is primarily addressed to her daughter-in-law, Mary McGuffin. She writes that she will be coming to visit them in Augusta County before too long, but wishes that Mary and Charles would come to visit her as well. The rest of her letter is filled with news about family and friends.
A wife writes to her husband while she is away tending to sick friends or relatives.
This letter from two Woodward women claims that a part of Templeton McGuffin's estate belongs to the Doak family estate, to which they are the next of kin.
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