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Hartwick April 26 added in pencil: 1807

Dear Sister it is with pleasure I take my pen in hand to inform you of our health which is verry good we have added to our family another Son he was four weeks old yesterday. I have got along quite as well as ever I did I am in hopes to come and see you this summer it gave me as much pleasure to read your letter as a visit would when i lived in windsor. Mr. Jud is awaiting so I remain your loving sister. Hannah Hayden Frances sends this to May The bairer of this letter has concluded to stay with us a nother day so I can have time to write a few lines more. I have today began to do my work alone you may well think I shall have my hands full to take care of our little tribe & all the rest hard work out dores makes it hard in the hous I think there is money to be maid on this place but there is a great many expenes out last fall & winter we had one man four months & another two to work in the shop & a most all the time we have work folks agetting logs & wood & such kind of work it is better to have too much business to do than not enough Mr Hayden has ben as much pleagued as ever king David was with his dam? this spring it has gon of several times but I hope it will stay now. Polly we all fell ourselves as contented as ever & all live in good agreement out dores & in if you have any chance to send to Windsor you may write a line or two for me tell them we are all well H Hayden