Spring Hill      July 20/62

 

                                                Dear Brother George & sister Cinda we received your Letter last Wednsday with the greatest pleasure for after we got your letter from Columbus we was verry anctious to hear from you and was glad that you had not gone into the Servis this Hot weather we was in hopes you would come out hear but ar afraid you wont this summer but would like to have you verry much you asked if we wer joking about comming west we did think of comming but have prety much civen it up for we should have to make great sacrifise of property to rip up and move Alfred Ackley offered $ (?) Dollars a year for the use of my farm but I dont consider it an object to rent at that price I bought a Bagga Wagon last weak that cos 135 Dollars I have had one ride in it I will give you one if you will come out hear/

 

I finished hoing corn last saturday a week and have got the best corn on Springhill I mowed old fasioned lodged clover las week for henry colern as my Gras was not fit to cut I shall commence This week I think my gras will everage plump 2 Tons pr aker my winter wheat will do to cut next week help is verry scarce hear for haying But I have got a Horse Rake & Pitch Fork which will make it easyer for me and I caculat to take it easy any way It is raining verry hard & has rained all day I hope we shall have some good hay weather after it is over Adelia & Mason has layed down to take a nap we ar all well as common at present I hope this may find you the same my Rite arm as lamb moing clover my hand cramps & trembles so I must say good By  Write soon and Oblige your Afectionate Brother for ever

                                                                        R. F. Browning

 

Dear Brother and Sister          Rubin says I must write sume my helth is better than it has bin in a good meny years I doo my work and spining a peace of fullclouth I have bin a drying cherrys last weak I am a going to make curent wine this weak you canot think how much good that wine dun me that you cent I wish I could cend something to you I was calculating to knight knit you a nice pair of rag mitings if you come out here I wish you would come we doo not have every thing so nice as you doo but we would try to engoy what little we have if you doo not come dont fail to cend me that babys picture Rubin says he is so much like little Melly I am very impatient to see him does Cinda ever write I never have received a word from hur this from your

sister Adelia Browning

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