Independence July 16^th 1865

 

Dear Brother

It is with much pleasure that I answer your letter that I received last week I was very glad to hear from you and hear you are well we are all well at present hope this may find you the same you speak of makeing enquires wheather there is any land to be got pretty cheap I haven't got on track of any yet but I will look around some and if i should hear of any I will let you know the land tutle has is ten miles from here out on the ridge I dont know of him having any back of florida he may have for all I know I will ask him next time I see him /

 

that is true you dont know when you are going to be mustared out the paper says all the army of the Tennisee is going to be discharged when you write let me know what Army you belong to Mother left Mr Abells have two hundred and fifty Dollars of your money Philip is building a frame house he bought that old house that stoot on the corner by Thomsons tavener he moved it out he has it raised again and has the roof on and sided he is alteren it some and is puting a porch on it it is ging to make a snug house he is geting along pretty well farming /

 

Waters hasent said any thing about it I dident know you lent Manly Waters money untill now when you write tell me how much it is and I will ask him for it when I see him you say in your letter by some of the news there woud be a chance to have nancy mincell to skate with next winter nancy is yet unhitched for life so there will be a chance for some one yet

 

well Jacob for my part I think there will be a good chance for you to ring in somewhere ther are a gread many like to have beaux or tell the plain of it they would like to get maried 

 

Thomson and those that were the Bellmore Stockens are now living at Defiance Bellmore Stockens dont satisfy they want molasses pichers miss Thomson in a store where they had action and her shall sliped over a molasses picher the constable seen the movements he told her to put out She refused to go so he hunched and pushed her out told her if she dident go put her somewher and lock her up there was a certaind young lady mittered a soldier on the count of some one who it is I dont know unless it one in Co B 184

 

Mother thinks you had better keped the presents they have made there Brags all ready about the presents you made them I hope you havent mad any prommuses before you went of if you have you may reget them

 

the 38 is at Cleavland to be mustered out

 

keep some of these secretts to your self

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