Davis describes the late summer weather that he is experiencing, and instructs his wife on how to obtain money owed to them by Burnett. He hopes that with the money that he is earning in the army, he and his wife will be more comfortable in the future. Davis gives his wife a short recount of the condition of his friends as well as the letters that he has received from family. Davis has chastised a female family member for acting too sympathetic towards the Confederacy, and wishes his wife to know why he is in a disgreement with this family member.
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