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Dear Mother, Brother, Sister, | Dear Mother, Brother, Sister, | ||
When I got home from school to day, I perceived a pr. of shoes being by the door which looked as if they would fit me pretty well, so the girl told me that a man left them for me, a little while before. Well after supper, Charles came in, he gave me a rule [?] good letter! I went down town with him. I did not hardly have time to speak to him was not with him half an hour hardly. | When I got home from school to day, I perceived a pr. of shoes being by the door which looked as if they would fit me pretty well, so the girl told me that a man left them for me, a little while before. Well after supper, Charles came in, he gave me a rule [?] good letter! I went down town with him. I did not hardly have time to speak to him was not with him half an hour hardly. | ||
Ergo, I now sit down to answer your letters, as I had nothing written when C. was here, and did not have time to tell him 1/2 as Joe said. | Ergo, I now sit down to answer your letters, as I had nothing written when C. was here, and did not have time to tell him 1/2 as Joe said. First, I guess that there is not much danger of my hurting my health to work as I am used to it and good for it "to boot." As for work I guess I am to work as early in the morn as you are. Play, caught not fish! Lambs, I was not there to take care of them. As for jobs all I have done is to split up a little wood for C. Harris, next neighbor, about 1 1/2 hours. Mr. W | ||
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Page 1st Bangor May 2d 1839 Dear Mother, Brother, Sister, When I got home from school to day, I perceived a pr. of shoes being by the door which looked as if they would fit me pretty well, so the girl told me that a man left them for me, a little while before. Well after supper, Charles came in, he gave me a rule [?] good letter! I went down town with him. I did not hardly have time to speak to him was not with him half an hour hardly. Ergo, I now sit down to answer your letters, as I had nothing written when C. was here, and did not have time to tell him 1/2 as Joe said. First, I guess that there is not much danger of my hurting my health to work as I am used to it and good for it "to boot." As for work I guess I am to work as early in the morn as you are. Play, caught not fish! Lambs, I was not there to take care of them. As for jobs all I have done is to split up a little wood for C. Harris, next neighbor, about 1 1/2 hours. Mr. W