December 3 th 18 62
my dearest David i will a gaine write you a
few lines i will tell you as ny as i can how i am
a doing i have got my wheeat soad and a good
crose fence to ceap the things off it
our little yoe lame dide the other day i [1]
wose veary sory the other stocke is a dooing
veary well i have got up 12 hogs tha are a
mending nice but i am a fraid tha wont
bee of much saile fore thare is no chance
fore us to git solt Akelsis salt never
has come he come an said his salt wose
a comeing and he waited 2 or 3 weeakes an he
said he wose a going to see about it and
he ant come back yet i dont no what
we are to do if he dont bring us salt
Jane an thancel is both with me yet
we git a longe veary well Jane is well contented
with me you said to ceap thanuel till you
come home if you dont come a gaine chrimus
i don’t thinke i can keep him any longer
if i git Liues an that is my notion
it costs me a 11 dollers to git my corne
getherd and rye and wheeat soad i only
got 12 bushell of wheeat i hant got it quite
all soad but i intende to Dunkein wose
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a sowing fore me and his childern has
binn sicke a weeake or 2 with the sore throt
he hase lost 2 of his litle girls i am a fraid
he will loose more of them i coldent git no
won to finish but some of hals litle boys
an tha couldent sowe the wheeat if it is so Dunkin
can sowe any more thise weeak he will
iff not i shant try any longer i paid
Dunkin fore that worke he dunn on the
branch he wanted the mony to by him
some wheeat he wodant do the ditching
he said you promust him some wheeat and
you didant let him have it and he could
ant do the ditching the way he promust
more abut that last brandy you maid or you
foun tha wosent anuff to fill the bill
pap said as that man you sold it to wose
so longe about comeing after it and it heare
inn danger i beter sell it an so i give [waye?]
that 20 doller bill you lefte me and sold
two gallons an a half off b[f]andy fore 20 dollars
pap hase got the mony wene it is demanded
Dr Matthews holes a claim a gints you fore
brandy i want you to write to me or him
how much it is fore his satifaction
and i will pay it if you dont come home baught
20 bushels of corne yesterday at a doller a
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