Palmyra Aug 21^th 1864

 

My Dear Neace

                        I received your kind and most welcome letter and was pleased to hear from you and hear that you was well but was sorrow to hear that you was home sick but you can come home Mother Hibbard sais when you are mindto it quite a privalige Ezra bordes to his Fathers yet Benjamin is out in the cuntrey to work he be gone some time Plinney works away from home comes home Saturday night he be a way some weakes Edwin Piper has sold his farm thay are a gonto have a Ocation this weak thay are goin to Michigan next month Dealia Philetus has ben home on a furlow twenty day he has gon back Adelbert is to home now on a thirty day furlow Philetus sholder had got most well when he was hear Adelbert foot is sweld very bad but it heald on the out side. Thomas is in the Armey yet he dont git his discharge yet we had a letter from him this weak he was well with the exception of his leg that trubels him yet he was to camp Stoneman when we herd last. Alfreds Hibbard folks had a boy it lived four days it was barid a weak a goe to day Mrs Pinkney has moved in with John Hibbard she has stord her goodes thair and she going down east on a viset their is a graite excitement a bout the Draft thay have war meetens every night thay have got some recrutes Petter Van Dine Selsbey Ward and Levi Johnson has inlisted and a number of others thair is good meney that is fraid of bein drafted every thing is very high hear factrey 45 per yard calico 40 to 50 pr yard butter 45 centes pr pound spools of thread twenty to 30 every thing high acordinley it has benn a very dry summer but now we have had two or thre good raines folks thought one spell that we should not raise eney thing potatoes thay thought thair wount be eney of them raised but thay bee gin to come along some but onions are small but thay air goin nice now your friends is all well as for us know Orvill talkes of byen him a house and lot on Fayet Street Gramother is well she is to Orvills now Benjiman folks is well Granmother Lobdel is about the saim she lais abed the most of the time I received a letter from Agustus Hibbard Orvill boy in the Armey he has been sick he said he lost 21 pounds of flesh in two weak he is better now he has got five months longer to stay then he said he was comen home then he thought he know enoph to stay thair Mrs jeffrey and Mrs Tod sends thair best respects to you Mrs Fitesjourld folks is well she has a sister in law hear on a viset Mary Jeffrey talks of goin to Michigan on a viset to see Morgan Tod this fawll we have herd that Albert wife was ded and childe Clinton Ale Daniel is marred to / Mary cooper she has a childe five or six years monthes old she lives with his Mother in Alieutes old house Johns folks is well Mary baby grees fine Mr Loves folks has sold their plaice thay talk of byen oute in the cuntrey about six miles Mrs Love and Liza Hoeg was hear and maide me a viset last weak we did not have much fruit this summer but apels we shall have some but I dont know how meney for they drop of a good deal Dealia Plinny sais he aint cummen up thair after a ciss if he does you wont ciss him back a gain Frances sais tell Delia I wild as ever thay send thair love to you Delia when you git tirde of Michigan come to Palmyra Have you got that silk dress yet I dont know as I shall have eney thing new for every thing is so high Plinney talkes of going down to Alexandra to work this winter if he cant find work hear for he sais he cant lay still this winter for every thing is high taxes is hevey I beleave I wrote all of the news it is quite helthey hear now thay hant ben meny deaths this summer. I must go and milk Plinney has gone up town I finish after I milk. I sopose you have a good meny new things sence you went west I hant got me but one dress sence you left hear that a purple calico one you must pleas excuse this large sheat of paper I thought I wright it all full but I cant find eney thing more to wright as I know of twill be interesten to you I dont know as you can read this ceep up good courrage dont be so home sick as to make you sick Mrs Jeffrey has been in hear jes now she said tell Delia her girl walks a lone and washes dishes and you must come and see her good by Delia I feel very lonley I like to seey very much Good bye wrighte soon again we all send much love from your Ant and friend

                                                                                               

yours truley

Mrs Dencey C. Hibbard

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