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Springfield August th 1 AD 1819 Honourd Parents I hav ben so busy this sumemer that I could not get time to write to you sooner we hav ben building a barn this summer we hav had to stack out a great deal of hay evry year we find their is a great waist in it we are now in the midst of our mowing & reeping it all coms to once this year our crops bid fair to be verry good except grass we are all well it is a general time of health they were all well to Martins two weeks a go you may perhaps think I am lazy when I tell you I hav not began to spin my wool you com & see us & you will not think so I hav 23 fleeces of wool it is gest a week since I began my letter & I am no more at leisure than I was then you wrote to me that I must write to you imediately but when I ant ageting vituals I hav to pach old coats shirts & trouses some times it a pears as if cant hav one hour to rest in the cours of the year I dont think you hav but a little idea how busy I hav to be I want to see you all more than you can imagine I now that it is my