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Transcription: 

Lownes County Georgia [1]
September the 5 1862
Deare Neace I Seat my self to answer
Your request onse while Living and I feel my
Self onder obligation to right to you as you Sent
mee the first letter I will inform you that thease
linds leaves mee not in very good helth at this
time my helth ain[t] bin vary good this Season
the rest of the family is in modriet helth now
And I hope that thease linds may reach you and
youre fathers family all injoying of good helth
And the family connection through out I will
Say to you that I recevd A leter from you and
[read?] it with grat Satisfaction and I was Vary
Glad to heare from you I havnt mutch to right
I has maid A tolerable crop this yeare my corne
was heit by the Rust I thinke that I was ingered
to the A mount of 100 bushels of corne at least
Neac the times is so hard that I dont know what
is to become of the people you said in your leter
that you wanted mee to come and See you all
And I though[t] that I was all most redy to s[t]arte
but I has bin disapinted and I dont now when
I will git there I has bin A trying to git of[f]
Ever Some youre fathe was at my house and
the hardnes of the times has poot mee out
I want you tell youre father that I want
him to come and See mee if he can meekit
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Convenant and come youre Self and tell enny
if my conniection that I will be glad to See enny
of them at enny time that enny will come and See mee
I will informe you that I dont know if I Shant
have to gow to the co[a]st and boild some Salt yet
and if I doo I wont come this Season I has hea[r]d that
one of your Sisters has died this Season I want you
to right to mee and let mee know how you all
are and how youre grand Mothe is I haint heird
from here in a long time tell your unkle
David that I wood like to See him out heare
Vary Mutch I hope tha[t] you will excuse my bad
Righting So I will clos but remaning yours
Affectionate unkle and tell death
Asa George

Miss Fereby George
Doctor Town
Waine County

Footnotes: 
  1. Lowndes County
Date: 
September 5, 1862

Author(s)

Other: 
Uncle of Fereba George

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Sister of Furniaful George

From

From State: 
Georgia
From County: 
Lowndes

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Wayne

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Adam Lockwood
Transcription Date: 
June, 2011
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis

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