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Springfield June 3th Dear, Sisters I have been a trying this long time to write to you. we have sold our place to strong & purchasd 50 acres of land in springfield. we are building a shop larg enough to live in a year or two we expect to build a barn this summer. I have 13 in my family. I have no help but fanny. I sent her to school two days but I shal send her no more for I found she was a great help to me. we have lived here 4 weks. we shall move into the shop in two weks. I like this place verry well. our children have got the chicken pox. my babe has had thre swellings one on the side of his neck & one under each of his armes. it was four weeks from the time the first one began to come till the last was fit to b