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I thank Samuel and you for your letter go on in | I thank Samuel and you for your letter go on in ways of well doing. | ||
To my Lucy Dear Daughter | To my Lucy Dear Daughter | ||
The cloth for dress was very acceptable | The cloth for dress was very acceptable | ||
just what I need, am very much obliged don't know as I can | just what I need, am very much obliged don't know as I can | ||
get it made up till you come - can | get it made up till you come - can tho' if I try doubtless | ||
little Charlie | little Charlie Metcalf has been unwell ever since I come | ||
home is better now a few days - there don't seem to be much | home is better now a few days - there don't seem to be much | ||
time to work Albina means to get her a nice shawl all | time to work Albina means to get her a nice shawl all | ||
circumstances considered I should rather wait till next | circumstances considered I should rather wait till next | ||
fall I think - she could put her | fall I think - she could put her money at interest you know | ||
where she could have it then but however the may want to | where she could have it then but however the may want to | ||
wear it a few times - I have to talk to C. & Albina about | wear it a few times - I have to talk to C. & Albina about | ||
keeping their faces smooth lest their brows get knit with | keeping their faces smooth lest their brows get knit with | ||
care - Jane did look like a little miserable castaway | care - Jane did look like a little miserable castaway | ||
I came home she had not a very good | I came home she had not a very good appetite in the hot | ||
weather, & of course worked hard A. tries I believe | weather, & of course worked hard A. tries I believe [[page torn]] | ||
but she can't keep from fretting about her work - the | but she can't keep from fretting about her work - the baby | ||
has been & is very good but she would think she has wondrous | has been & is very good but she would think she has wondrous | ||
trials if Almeda | trials if Almeda hasn't such a good hand to laugh her out of it | ||
Jane is very healthy now eats as much as a man almost is | Jane is very healthy now eats as much as a man almost is | ||
real smart driving round in the house and out too I believe she | real smart driving round in the house and out too I believe she |
Latest revision as of 15:15, 23 November 2021
I thank Samuel and you for your letter go on in ways of well doing.
To my Lucy Dear Daughter The cloth for dress was very acceptable just what I need, am very much obliged don't know as I can get it made up till you come - can tho' if I try doubtless little Charlie Metcalf has been unwell ever since I come home is better now a few days - there don't seem to be much time to work Albina means to get her a nice shawl all circumstances considered I should rather wait till next fall I think - she could put her money at interest you know where she could have it then but however the may want to wear it a few times - I have to talk to C. & Albina about keeping their faces smooth lest their brows get knit with care - Jane did look like a little miserable castaway I came home she had not a very good appetite in the hot weather, & of course worked hard A. tries I believe page torn but she can't keep from fretting about her work - the baby has been & is very good but she would think she has wondrous trials if Almeda hasn't such a good hand to laugh her out of it Jane is very healthy now eats as much as a man almost is real smart driving round in the house and out too I believe she does as much work as all of Almedas children James is babyish and lazy but is very strong and smart when he has a mind to be - your skirt I got done last week only I couldn't put it quite all in it was too wide for the 60mm you can finish it when you make it up - think I shall send it by stage as it is uncertain when C & A will go if at all - I feel bad about the lame beast C might have taken 125,00 for her and take pay in land but thought it not best to sell unless he could get something to pay money debt good bye