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Hartwick Jan 3th [[in pencil: [crossed out: 1809] 1811 ]]

Dear Sisters   after my family is all reired to their beds I take my pen in hand to write a few lines to you which I have ben a trying to doe for a long time   I have had 9 in my family all winter besides a great many unsteaddy ones   I suppose you will say I had augh to have a girl to help me but we are so thick we can hardly turn around now   I have spun 30 runs of wool sinse julia went home I hant made a visit sinse    I have ben to meeting twise   I hope I shall see better times some time or other   we expect to devide our property in the spring   I think now if ever get by my self to live I shall not work so hard as I do now   fannny helps me some   she has knit 3 mens stockings her self one pair henry one pair she has knit evry stich of then her self   we expect our children have got the hooping caugh they have ben exposd   mary has a verry bad caugh Hez caugh some   I should not think it any thing had not they ben exposd & I hope it ant now for it seems as it could not come in to our family a worse time   Julia you wanted to have me write you all the news about the young folks   I dont hear of but little now you are gone   Cylus is gone to berlin a trading   the tin pedlars have ben to home & gon a gin   they have had sevral balls to Jeroms sinse you went home   Amon Cook is married & susan susan Dewey to Capt Sprague some talk as if Seth Cook & Catherine D would be married before long   Mr Lutin has not got home they have not heard from him sinse last summer   Lucy has got daughter   Ruby is riyd up and looks as smart as a daisy