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Jersey Co Ills Nov 24 1863 Dear Brother After a silance which I ought perhaps to be a shamed of I seat my self to write to you yours of Oct. 16th came to hand and we was glad to hear from you we are all well at pressant Jonny has bin complaning with the tooth ache this after noon theare is no news to write Mother saw Mr [mervine?] and sent some word by him to you well Ed I believe [Jean?] say I am pretty well satisfied with our new home I thought it hard to leave my asociates to hoom I had became so much [atched?] I think we have a much beter chance to getalong here than we had where we was but there we had school sunday school preaching prayring meeting and parties to go to and what is beter plenty of good company here we have neighbors and that is all in that line I had some nise sleigh rides last winter and some nice bugey rides last sumer