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Kankakee Oct 19th 1874

Mrs. A J Kendall

[Written in pencil in different handwriting across the top of the letter and superimposed over the date and salutation]: Winnie & she were out by ? & he jumped on a stump & ? her a bramble]

Mr. Ladai (?) is about to commence husking and wants to know what you design to do about a Crib the one there is quite to [sic] small to hold the Corn and it is the general impression that Corn will be as [sic] a good price by the time that is dry enough[t] [sic] to shell It is now north of fifty cents and that is about double the price that new Corn Sells for at the time of husking I would like to have you get the most that you can for you have had very little from the farm for the past two years.