Augusta: Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout,
September 2, 1866
Summary:
After not receiving a letter from Kate for many months, Robert fears that
something bad has befallen her. He writes that he hopes all is well and implores
her to write to him soon.
Oak Grove Md
Sep 10/66
Miss Kate Armentrout
on her
Farm
Greenville
Augusta Co, Va
Miss Kate Armentrout
Sept 2d 1866
Seedsfarm Westmoreland Co Va
My Dear Sister Kate
Again I attempt to write you a few lines with the earnest hope that I may soon
hear something from you it has now [added: been]
nearly four months since I have heard one word from you so long &
anxiously have looked for a letter from [added: you]
that I have all most di[added: s]paired of ever hearing from you again. I often fear that
something serious has happen[added: d] or that it [added: is] possible
that I [added: am] now writing to the dead. I truly
hope & pray that the sad thought is in
correct you know not my dear friend what
anxiety of mind I have experienced since you have been so long silent. I have
had all sort of imaginations but can come to no conclusion. I earnestly hope now
to hear from you & have all fully explained or if I have lost my dear
friend Kate & this letter is read by her dear parrents any surviving friend that they will speedily favour me with a letter that would bear to me sad sad
news for not withstanding we are comparitively strangers you have always since
our earliest correspondence felt to me like a sister the Christian like
character of your correspondences is so characteristic of one of who is a true
child of God. That it has drawn out my fondest attachments for you are such. I
will not write much more. if you are yet alive (& God grant you may be)
please
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answer at the earliest opportunity with a continuation of my
imperfect prayers for your preservation I will impatiently await tidings from
you
Your constant friend
Robt B Spillman
P.S. Address
Oak Grove
Westmoreland Co Va
