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Presented in four parts, the following "Life and Times of Sanford Rollins of Virginia" was printed for the author in 1880. Louise S. Varner of Sperryville provided The Rappahannock News with a copy of the little 18-page pamphlet which tells the story of a Rappahannock native, who lived over a century and a half ago
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1862, my housekeeper got tired and left which left us in a bad situation. We made up our minds to keep house by ourselves. 1 thought it a bad undertaking but William thought not; 1 was always w illing to take his advice.
We got on much better than I imagined. I soon found that I was living in more; peace than I was the year before, nothing troubled me but the war; everything went on well until the next May. twelve months.
One Hay when I was away from home there came four or live drunken confederate soldiers to mv house who cursed and abused William and threatened to blow his brains out if he opened his mouth. They took off all our best clothes and a new hat for which I had given three dollars for which left me almost bareheaded.
When 1 got home that night. William said we would have to break up housekeeping; he said he could not stay there by himself. 1 found he was bent on leaving. The next day we got our things and moved them to Mr. Washington. Burke's; he promised to take care of them. It was a miserable day to me; 1 knew not what to do nor where to go. That evening we went to Mr. Edmond Burke’s, and stayed all night; he seemed to pity our condition. The next morning I was about to leave.
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