greenes sport Ala sept the 7 [1862]
Deare husban i a gain try to write you
a few lines juste receivd yours date
the 20 glad to heare from you but
sory to heare of you bee so cricrp up [1]
i am a fraid i want have pations to
do what i aught to thinking of you
i no you are not able to do what you
haft to do i hope you wont try to do
more than you are able to do juste let
things go till we git back maby we
we will able to do some i rather see
you than your work i cant promus
you what time we will start but ju
st as soon as i can we must save our
crop as much a we can if nothing hapens
we will git a bale of cotton out next
weake thire is a good deale of sickness
about now sister hannah is veary
sick i am now at hir hous i dont th
inke i will haft to heave any help
from you i cante to yet untell i no
what i will haft to pay fore a horse
i have not bougt yet i will will see
this weeak what can bee don a bout
that ralph saise he thinkes billey
will make a hunderd bushels of corne
i dont no what corn will bee
worth if i can maike out i wont se
ll yett an papa sais billey will mai
ke too bails cotton an a nuff to
pay fore the gu aner i expect i will
haft to pay about fifty or sixty doll
ers fore a horse so cotton is a bout a 11
cents so you can have some idy wha
t we can do i dont want you to send me
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eny more money if i can maik
out without it if we all kep well i
thinke i can if i cant i will make a
rangement so you can send if after
i start billey an papa is going to gads
den to moraw i will send fore cov
erin fore my hack i will haft to ha
ve a new hub fore one wheel jim an
ralph will fik it up fore me i dont
no what more to say to you now i will
manedg the best i can it will bee a fea
rfull trip fore us by hour selvs
i dont no how to help it i dont recon
eny one will come with us you spoke
about bying a horse fore colmon i dont
no what more to do than what i wrote
you i wold do i dont think we could
manedg more than too hors if no won
els comes with us i will studey an do
the best i can a bout that i can maby
tell you more when i write a gaine the
sosiations at shady grove im breases
the 3 sunday this month we are aime
ing to go if we all keepe well i hant
saw sister Jane yet my stay will bee
short with hir she has a little bab i
supose i hop to heare from you soon
o hop to heare that you are well i hop
you will bee cuarfll of your self an not [2]
exspos i will now close with my
moste preash love fore you

Nancy A Matthews