Amealia cty va september 12th 1852 dear sun
I hav this opportunity right ing to you once
more in time I thank god for all the mercis
that we injoy the reason that I hav not an
suar your leter before know all harrits
family had the measeales and as son as she could
send them to my house and Elzeaner was very lo
but she has got well and fat and is gone home
and we ar all well at this time with all the
children is well Edwines wife expects to in
crease her family every day I hav a very good
crop of tobacco and corn and wheat and crops is
very good excep tobacco thar is a heep of mar
ring with us we hav had 2 nigros hun both of
them was woman both for murder and both the
same name thay war hanged the 10 of this
month I sur pose that it is not worth while
to say any thing more to you a bout coming
back to virgina a gain from your leter
well if you will not come it cannot be hope [1]
you had no bisness coming hear at first if you
had to what I said you wood not had come hear
william is ancious for you to come he gets
as much work as 3 or 4 hands can doo you
think be cause provision is cheaper hear than
it is with us that you can doo beter hear but you
ar mastaken hear you get no money and all
ways sick now count the sickness and the
scasity of money doctors bills and them high
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and no provision that is goo like it is hear
put them gall to gether and count them up
and you will seay that old va is the pla
ce after all if you dont wish to come back
from what you say that you cant injoy your
helth I wood not stay hear you will stay
hear untell your helth will be so injoyed
that you will not be able to doo any thing
for your self much les for your family
I hope that god will bless you and restore
you in good helth but from iunder sand you
never will injoy your helth hear I am
greavd very much to hear what I doo
hear from you and your good lad that is
I hear that lissy is treeted badly wood not
of thort it from you dudly and your wife
is having childon and she nose not when
she may hav to leav hers in the hands of
sum one god only knose ho fixes the destny
of all of us god has much to say a bout the
olphin and the wider [2] ther fore we shoud tree
at childron as we wood hav them to treet ours
I hope what I hear may not be so I trus it
may nt be so I must conclude pepar to
meeat thy god O house of isural
be faith ful unto deth that we may hav a
Croune of life that we may meeat in heaven
farwell I reman your affectnat farther
un tell deth H.. Cosby
[written on back of sheet]
John is yet living in richmond yet and he is geting
$1.50 a day Edwin is keeping shop in the neighbou
hood of the fivforks and gets as much work as he can
doo I expect that you [cou?]ld doo much beter in
Richmond than you doo hear and your helth wood be
beter Crpes of wheat and corn ar very good
tobacco is not so good only in places we had a
very bad season for planting to bacco sally an
has a fine daughter at last it is a bout 2 monthes
old martha Rebcker is in richmond harrit
a few day a go left hear for richmond
Richmond is cut out to be a great sytty thar is 4
Rail roads run in to it all from difren points and
2 water [case?] it is be coming to be a great place for
all kinds of bisness for them that likes to liv in
towns excus bad speling and righting
sally anes cild is named roser jain