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                     May the 22
Dere davide in low sparits i
write to you i wose a lookeing fore
a letter from you yesterday i neve
gote none hant got no letter f [??] [1]
you since the first of may your
mother got a few lines from you
stated you was sicke i am sorow
to hear of you beeing sicke i hoape
you have gote well in this tim you stated
larkin had got to you so you have
hard all off up to that time this
boys i had hard lefte me ther
te day after larkein lefte i have
tride an trid an i cante find no bady
hyre lius has binn a plowing all
this weeke i donte no wither he will
worke any longer or not i got my corne
all hoad ovr an nearly all plought
if lius donte stay i will ho it
we have distressing time heare
our trubles is juste begun Dicke
[Hanner?] folks is in deep disstress
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ole Dicke an Tom Hanner is both
ded Justeus is at hom i stop to see
him as i come from the offis he
donte looke like he cold live [mor?]
[??gse] , marte Hails houses all git
burnd up the other nighe it is
un none how it hap end David
dont trubel your sef about us hear
at home fore we will do the best
we can try to take cure of your sef
your life is preshios to me if i lose
you i loose my all we have veary dry
wethe i wrote a parte of this
letter laste weeak an faild to
gite it sente to the off es i writ
this pease to day i dont no when
i will git to send it not till
friday i donte exspecte this is
sundy i harde rufus Haile saw [fra?]
[?ke] craufred the other day i ha
nte saw nun of paps folks 3 or 4
weeakes i wrot to you about Docter
Mathis saying he wold tend my crop
he hant nevr bin to see me nore saide
any more abute it i will hav to close N M.