From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Mar 5 20:37:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k263b5jb006053; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:37:05 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k263b4B8007321 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:37:04 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k26175FI022996 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:07:05 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k26175pZ022995 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:07:05 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k25NR1FI022667 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:27:01 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k261upHx031531 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:56:51 -0700 X-Envelope-From: bwine12@netzero.net Sun Mar 5 18:56:51 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k261upjb031520 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:56:51 -0700 Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k261unGN024054 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:56:49 -0700 Received: from webmail33.nyc.untd.com (webmail33.nyc.untd.com [10.141.27.173]) by smtpout01.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCAZFY4AA52TVA for (sender ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:56:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bwine12@netzero.net) by webmail33.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LJRBC75B; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:56:19 PST Received: from [4.240.165.9] by webmail33.nyc.untd.com with HTTP: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:56:14 GMT X-Originating-IP: [4.240.165.9] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "bwine12@netzero.net" Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:56:14 GMT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Webmail Version 4.0 Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <20060305.175619.731.200964@webmail33.nyc.untd.com> X-ContentStamp: 5:2:1481473984 X-MAIL-INFO: 2d5f1e6bc70baec7a3ce0b0f6e0f77daf7ca93d38a4a7a97cb8a5f375a1a3a5f734fcb2b8f5ac7930f7a4f27ae3e8b6e27 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: 7OUodqB3A91LVNmDIfXbssrnb9q9Zy6dRW4B1FvTFKH00lD9LkUEyQ== X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.141.27.173|webmail33.nyc.untd.com|webmail33.nyc.untd.com|bwine12@netzero.net X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Book for Long family I have a book The Eighth Thousand Gift Book for Young Men or Familiar Letters. It was written by Dr. Wm. A. Alcott and published in 1854. In the 1940's my mother used to buy baskets full of books at auctions. This one was included in one batch. The names written in it are A. E. Long, Alice Almar Carneal, Mary C. Jones. With the A. E. Long there is a date under the name of October 1868. Then there is November 1868. The following notes are written inside the front and back of this book. They seem to have been written by Alice Almar Carneal. They were written in Augusta County, VA This note is in the front of the book. My Dear Friend, As I am all alone this eve and have no one to chat to, I will call yhour attention a short time though what I have to say will not be very entertaining but however listen to what I have to say. More than once I have unexplained fear of discouraging you by the magniture of the work which is assigned you. Yet the beloved apostle calls the young men strong and he works to them because are so aged to do of old men farmers above forty. Even I have little hope but I have faith in the ability of young men, could that ability be rightly directed. 1,12,10 ASY This note is in the bak of the book. They seem to have been written during the Civil War and there was probably no paper, so they used blank pages in book. August County, VA October 10, 1864 The wind seems to howl mournful this gloomy looking Sabbath eve. As I sit alone the beautiful summer has past, fall has come, the dreary winter will soon be here. But no one knows but (I can't read some of the following words) being that the sons who did live to see we have what is done today and know not what tomorrow may bring forth. These are my thoughts as I muse to myself. No one nigh to hear the sighs that follows each other, but god, I feel all alone but cheerful as many cloudy thoughts rise and falls as I solemnly reflect so I will close adieu. 1,12,10 This book is gettin very faded and old. The writing is now fading, but I copied what I could years ago and have been looking for the family is belongs to. Are any of these name familiar? I would be very happy to send it to you. Betty Wine bwine12@netzero.com