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Hartwick March 12th 1806

Honourd Mother. I now take my pen in hand to inform you that we receivd your letter last thursday which I suppose Mr Denslow brought & left in Cooperstown I was verry glad to hear fom you and hear that you have got better of your colds we are all well at present but we have had verry bad colds all except myself Henry was the worst I wanted Mamma to nurs him up then I was afraid he would be sick but he has got well again Mrs Lomis is our nearest neighbour is a verry good doctor and is verry kind in sickness she come don & nursd hin up as well as Mother Hayden would I think think we have got verry good neighbours here indeed the more I get acquainted the better I like them it is a great deal stricter here on the account of religion than it is in windsor I feel quite pleasd with our place more so than I expected I should I think our prospect is verry obscured at present there seems to be a prospect of making something more here than there use to be down to windsor I have got my kitchen furniture again & as much as I had before only a few small aticles it is quite as good as it was before the girls wrote they had spun sixty run but I hant spun one thread I have got twelve pounds of flax engaged so I shall spin sum after a while. I hant heard much said about martins fir but I most think we can get some for Julia for 5 shillings a piece in the cours of a year but she must not flatter herself too much of haveing any yet I hope E wont serv us for his fir cap I hope we shall have some for him before another winter?