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Hartwick October 15th in pencil: 1809 Dear Sisster I hant any news in partickular to send you but we all enjoy good health Mr Hayden had got A chance for me to go home but as the Man being A stranger to us they all of them thought I had better stay till winter it being so short time & then they would one of them go and carry me down the man living ten miles from here and was going monday morning by daylight the weather being very cloudy & rainy & had been for three or four days and he was A going in an open Waggon if the weather should be rainy as the prospects are now and they thought it would be very bad for me to ride I suppose you have heard that I was A going to Goshen and I should be very glad indeed to go if the chance was so that I thought best I should be very glad indeed to get home to help you Alla and on the account of Mothers being so unwell I want to have you write as soon as you can how mother and Lucy & all the rest of you are Alla the time will seem long to wait till winter when I think I am wanted so much to home. Silas Williams is gone to Lebanon and he talked of going to our house and if he does I wish you would ask Lucy if she will let me have her lace & send it up by him Alla I want your old handkerchief pin & Lucy's if she will let me have it them in shape of drawing of circle with line through it send them by Silas if she comes their I thought she would