...price. How are the children? I would like so much to see them. Don't let Eddie forget me. Does Rossie go to school? Ma please send me your parasol when you have an opportunity. I can not get one here. I guess you are tired hearing of my words. Say are you not? I hope I shall not have to write for any thing else. I do dislike so much to give the prices for things I need.

Handwritten letter from Bettie Broun to her mother Harriet Broun. Southern Female College, Petersburg, Virginia [Inferred], Spring 1863 [Inferred] 2 page[s]*. *Missing first page(s).