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Capers thanks Lottie for her letter and for getting a testament. He also assures her that he treasures her letters and prizes them above all else. In response to an uncle trying to adopt their son, he says it is funny and that his son shall have no…

Capers relates an account of retrieving four guns and how they met with the enemy on James Island. Capers was unharmed in the skirmish but fears for the safety of Charleston. He asks Lottie to send him needles and to make him a waterproof haversack.

Capers writes that he is glad that Lottie is feeling better but upset that their son is still ill. He talks about the possibility of losing another child and that she should do the best she can for him but the rest is in God's hands. He then writes…