Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62

shall get used to the rattling. I have to pay $7 a wk.
This includes all but washing. I have had none done
yet. - The folks here are pleasant & agreeable, they
are not much interested in my work, but they dont
oppose it. In some respects it is not a desirable place
but it is the best I can get at present, & it is
near Mr. Seatons where my co-laborers board &
it is near the Old School House & the brick house,
& some other houses where the contrabands live.
I intend to be vaccinated to-morrow. Mrs. K. thinks
she knows a reliable Dr. & will go with me. She is
very good to me. I was very sick last night, more
so than I have been in a long time, but I feel better
to day. I did not sleep much, & whenever I closed
my eyes I could see Contrabands with hideous features
& sick soliders & other unpleasant sights.
I shall have to be careful of my living & avoid drink
ing the water as much as possible; - The weather is
pleasant now but quite cool. The yards are green yet,
& beautiful roses & chrysanthemums are in blossom.
I saw Mr. Dennis last Saturday. He says the Cayu
ga folks did not hear from him as soon as they expected
& they sent their box to N.Y. but he advised me to
write to Emily Howland & W. H. Chase & have done so.
Mr. Hamlin Pres. of the Freedmen Relief Assotn. is dead,
& it is a great loss to the slave & the Freedmen.
Mr. Nichols the Supernt. in W. is not at all effecient & the 2
matrons & very much tried with him. They wd. do better
without him I think. - Not one person in a thousand is
fitted for such a place. - The contrabands here
always have good food & plenty of it, but they suffer for want of
wood. -