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Sarah A taylor
Ala randolph Co April the thirty 1858
ni Deaestanut afew lines to let
you no we are aul well And
hope thes few lines wil find you
enjoying the same ant mother
has broke hous keeping An gone
in the house with James
lydia an pernina also has gone
with her i rother think
it A bad ida aunt mister taylor
Sold the place we wer living
on An we hav mooved on the
othe place that his brother
An him were in snuks with
he is liv ing with us he is
not maried tha sa if they
had fere hudred dolers to
finish paing for it
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that thy wouldent take
thre thousan for it ther
is A bout eighty achors
of rich bottom lan on it
i red a letter from brother
marien afeu days ago he
sed he wer in sixteen miles
ov cousi samuel hunter
An that he intended to go
an see him soon as he Could
brother normon were maried
last fawl to mis Sarah
farley Aunt I Call mi
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baby wiliam weley
he has fare sken an deep blue
ise like all the rest of mi
children but partha She has
black ise aunt Tel All The
connection To rite to me
that I would be glad to
here from them An All
about them anut mi paper
is so bad i hafter us a pencel
so I must Come to a close
nothin more but remains yours
in love until death Sarah A Taylor

Date: 
April 30, 1858
Collection: 

Author(s)

Residence (County): 
Randolph County, AL

Recipient(s)

Residence (County): 
Choctaw County, MS

From

From State: 
Alabama
From County: 
Randolph

To

To State: 
Mississippi
To County: 
Choctaw

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Michael Ellis
Transcription Date: 
June, 2014

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