[May 30, 1847]

Dear sun I hav on more opportunity this side of the eturnal
world of spurrites of righting you a few lines to in form
you of our helth at presant the bin much afflicted but I am in
hopes these lines may find you and family injoying good helth and
in joying the smiles of god after receving you leter I put of
righting to you so that I might gether all the news that
ws to in form you of all in this tim god laid his afflicting
hand on us and threw his murcies we all as capd deth but one
kisyans child is ded your mother may join kisyann
and her child and james and my Self ws all sick at the sam
time so that we had to tak george in the house to cook
I was for 8 or ten days that I wa intiley out of my mind I
knod of no pursons coming to see me tho all in the neighbourhood
come even the litle girls but I knod it not the hand of god
was desplaid in my recvery for every purson that saw me
said that I was oblige to die I bles god who holds all things
in his one hands and will extend murcy to the gilty for it is threw [his ?]
my unprofitble life is purseverd to the pres ant time old Mr Hilman
is ded old Mises Holt of [texes?] is ded I was much [reved?] when I recevd your
leter to hear that you was making out for a living as will as
you war times is very hard with us corn is from 5 to 6 dolors
flower 10 dolors a barel bacon from 12 ½ to 17 sents a pound and
as for horse feed thar is nun a mong us oats is a dolor a bushel and
[shean?] is 1.25 to 1.50 pur hundred in fact all most eny price
can be got for food we hav to send to town for ha you
must knot neglect righting a gain so long dont wait for answers
to all your leters for I am getin very in furm and forget full
there fore it is my request of you not to let it be more than 2
too monthes betwen your leters I shou be glad I if I coud send you
sum help but my case is so that I cant for I got nothing hardly
for my tobaco and I am very much in volved I hav not seen will
am for sum tim but thay was well sum short time a go he had a fine
sun harrit is well and she has fine dauter was borne in april and
saly ann was well a day or too a go she had not in cresed her family
then but your mother is stay ing with her the famly jointly sends ther
love to and your family tel lisy bles her my god bes her sole & be a good
Child and learn her book Edwin is hear going fix sythe with me he has bin
working John I know I never shall see you any more this sid the jurdin of
deth
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Dethe than fore I may say to you and you family far will for
Ever none more to meat un tell we met at the bar of god thare
to render an account for all the dads dun hear in the body
ther fore I exorte you both to be faithfull in your prfeshion un tell
deth and accordin to scripturs you will hav a Croune of ever
lastin lif wich is hel in reserv for all them the love the lord
jesus christ and his appearing the second time bing that sweat child up
in the fear of the lord tell her of goodness of god and the de
[vises?] of [deve?] the [???]of sin and the happiness of a christon the
she m choose the good part which many [cased?] may the
lord bes you all both in your out going and in coming that
in all thing you may see the ruling hand of god for your good
may lord provid for you and your family is my prays our
cropes of wheat is not good at presant and corne is small for the
seson harret and sally ann both thinks hard that you never
mention ther names in your leters I must concud excuse my
my trimbling hand I remain you affectionate farther un tell
Death May 30th 1847 H Cosby
rigt me all the purticlurs of that part of the world and
what you raly think of & giv me all the knews that is a mung
st you and from P L Tounes how he is dooing know & my love
to you mary and lisy far well