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Hartwig Jan th 3 1811 Dear Sisters after my family is retired? 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 that 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 mad visit since 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 stitch of then her self we expect our children have got the hooping caugh they have been exposed 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 at 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 Cyrus ? 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 ? up and look as smart as a daisy