.MTU0.MzU3MjI

 Jefferson Sept 30th 1858 

Dear cousins Sarah & Jennie

 I thank you both for your kind remembrances though I fear you do not think me very thankful. I should have written you before but circumstances seemed to render it impossible. Since you was here Jennie our dear Grandmother has gone as we trust to her heavenly home She died Sabbath evening July 18th For some time previous to her death she was very feeble and required much of my time as well as mothers. A few weeks after her decease I was