Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge to Bennett Taylor
| My dear Bennett, | Boston. 21. February. 1865. |
My son Algernon received a letter from my brother Jefferson, yesterday, dated 3d February, perhaps even later news than you have received. All well.
I write principally to say that I feel to-day more encouraged in the matter of your exchange than I have done yet. Mr C. who has been unremitting in his efforts, has at last, we hope, applied to a man able & willing to advise & to act efficiently. I would not have you too secure, but I cannot help imparting to you some of the hope I feel. It will take some little time to take the necessary steps—till then keep a good heart.
Ever affectionately your aunt,
Ellen W. Coolidge.
RC (photocopy in ViU: Bennett Taylor Papers); addressed: “Capt. Bennett Taylor 19th Regt Va. Infantry prisoner at Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Ohio”; stamped; postmarked Boston, 22 Feb.; endorsed in an unidentified hand: “Rec—Feb 28th 1865”; stamped: “Prisoner’s Letter Examined U.S. Johnsons Island.”
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February 21, 1865
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