Texas Frestone Co
June the 7 1872
Dear Dauters I take my pen
in hand to Drop you a few lines
to let you no that wee havant
forgoton you ans wee can sa to you that
wee ar all well at this time hopen
that theas few lines ma came to hand
and that you all ma be injoying of
good helth wee havant nothin of
importence to rite to you at this
time moore then wee would be the
gladest in the world to see you all
once moore and hear you tel your
ups and Dowens and how much fun
you have scean scence wee have met
to grether last I will tel you
somthing a bout my crop I have
in somthing a bout twenty or twenty
five acars in corne and it loocks fine
I am neorley Dun layenglit by and I
have in abot fifteen acars in cotton and
it would look vary well if wee had
the bushes out of it wee have had the
finist springe for work hear that I well
saw wee have had plenty of rin and
but mity little to much to keepe us
from work all the time
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I Dont hardley no what moore
to rite at this time onley the conection
is all well as fear as I no R and E Gilpin
was hear last sunday tha live about fifteen
miles from hear clost to Bright Ham
[Pola?] [?] was up hear five weekes a goe for the
first time to see me scence I have mooved to
the countrey well F and E I will sa
to you that wee had fine prechen hear
last satterd Day and sunday wee had five
prechers but tha Dident all prech thear was
but two that prechd I live close by
the meetin hous and wee have fine singin
hear twist a mounth F I waunt you to give
my love to your pau and tel him that I
waunt him to remember me when it
goes well with him and all so tel you
unkels that I would like to see them
and hear them prech F I wash that wee
could live close to grether so that wee
could see each other and so wiley woulent
for git us I waun you to name our
names to him so he wont for git us
I would the best in world to see him
and you once moore if it was so that I
could but I recon that wee cant see
each other eney moore hear on earth