Mary Dear your your letter makes me feal blue for I saw Leges letter and I thought you was doing well and planning in my own mind to go down their in the spring and take four boarders your Aunt Sarah would like to Liege go down their but every thing goes rong with me you had better write to Laroye Woodbery to see if he can get a school for you the docters say Mrs Hutcheson may live six month or a year I shall stay as longer as they want I will see if I can get a school for you write and tell me how you are

 

your loving

Mother

 

[verso upside down]

 

I can not bear the thoughts of your being without money I will send you a dollar get som alchahool and wash your eyes and let a little in to your eyes write back and let me know how you are from your loving

                                                Mother

 

I will write more next time

 

Parkes wife sent you a scarfe pin

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