D. W. Churchill

 

Millerstown Dec 24^th 1873

 

Friend Abe

I just received yours of the 21^st and was glad to here from you hope that you are getting a long all rite I have no news of interest to send you there is nothing doing here no money to do aney thing with I have not had a dollar since I seen you R L Brown told me if I would take cair of the machinery untill spring that I might have all I could get of it I seen roach and rented the tubeing from him at a dollar a day I got a fifty Bll tank have got the watter pipe buried and I will get it started / to morrow night I intend running it at night after I get through here if I can make aney thing out of it I will send you half it wont cost aney thing hardley after I get it started I will let you know in a few days what she is doing. I am still hunted by our creaditors some person here after me evry day Stafford is laying sick with the erysipelas he has been out of his head for ten days he has no money and the old man Davis is after me to pay him I do not know where to get a dollar for only from M^cKinezs they owe us 17^00/100 Dollars I will get that if I can and give it to him

 

your close I left them at / Spot[?] a weak a go suposed that he had sent them I had no paper to rap them in and he said that he would tend to them I will get them and send them in the morning. I do not know when I will get home not untill I get some money I will likely go home a week from satterdy if I do I will write to you and you come down. Huff has sent me two letters about his money he claims 3 three Dollars for the last thirty one days he work I thought you told him you would only pay him 250. let me how it is give my regards to all the family

                                               

Very truly yours D W Churchill

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