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Dunbarton              Sabbath Afternoon July 6 1851
Dunbarton              Sabbath Afternoon July 6 1851  


I cannot give the name of this place, for I doubt if it has one.
I cannot give the name of this place, for I doubt if it has one.
It is somewhere in Jackson Co. Ill; about 10 miles [[east?]] of [[Murphresboro?]]
It is somewhere in Jackson Co. Ill; about 10 miles [[east?]] of [[Murphresboro?]]
place itself is simply the residence of an old Pennsylvania Dutch farmer
place itself is simply the residence of an old Pennsylvania Dutch farmer
away in the woods [[unclear]] little way from every body and every where.
    I wish you could see the house. It is a log house, or rather two log houses
a dozen feet apart, one room each with a roof over the space between
thus making a third room with the ends all open. This third middle room
is, at this season at least, is the one principally used as a sitting and eating room
and is really comfortable

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Isaac Jackson Co. Illinois July 6 1851

Dunbarton Sabbath Afternoon July 6 1851

I cannot give the name of this place, for I doubt if it has one. It is somewhere in Jackson Co. Ill; about 10 miles east? of Murphresboro? place itself is simply the residence of an old Pennsylvania Dutch farmer away in the woods unclear little way from every body and every where.

   I wish you could see the house. It is a log house, or rather two log houses 

a dozen feet apart, one room each with a roof over the space between thus making a third room with the ends all open. This third middle room is, at this season at least, is the one principally used as a sitting and eating room and is really comfortable