Northampton Aug the 7

 

Mrs Harvey this splended town your Boys are all wright & so be I we all board together we are hapy one & all tell the folks the wether is prety warm down hear tell Marthy Jane that she must not laugh to much tell Benjmen that he must be good boy and do as his Mother tells him so good by for this time

 

from

 Jason H Barrett 

 

Father an Mother Brother an Sister

I will a line or to just becaus you did not mentchon me in your letter I am well an hope you all are the same I like well in the shop we have a good man to work for an I think we shal get a long well I will not write much this time give my respecks to all of the folks did Wheler tak that colt write an let me no this from

Ira

 

            Well Farther and Mother and Brother and sister and St Johnsbury I receved your letter this morning and was glad to hear from you and hear that you are well we are awl wel and tough and harty I hav / a letter from Mary to day and are a going to answer it as soon as i can git timb you said that uncle will was acoming homb this wek is it so if it is i am glad if he stays till next spring and not be foar if I hav my health but if he dont he will not see me but I dont sopose he cars whether he sees me or not

 

Benn if you are aminto send my bango stock i wish you would take out the round handall that goes through the hoop and ti rt it on to the stock so it cant get off and if you will send a peac of brass for a hoop it ont cost much gitt it as thick / again as that one that I got leav it straight so that I can make it as larg as I am aminto I want it as large as the other one and as thick as you cann make a little box out of thin half inch and send it by express as soon as you can for iam lonsom without it I will make it awl right with you in the corce of a month pul it tight so it cant brake wright soon as you git this and lett me no about it so good by for this timb wright soon

from Will Harvey

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