Washington Co Ind

                                                                                                January 20^th 1861

 

Dear friends I now sit down to answer your kind leters and to let you no we are All well At this time but talor and Scott tha have bad could or takeing The Mesels our School is ful of the Mesels Now Bidley has the mesels we will have No School til wedensday and meby not Then we hope when these few lines come To hand tha May find you all well you may judge my feelling when I Receivd your last leters and heard That Sarah was giting well and yet on the land and Among the living I can now worke with out fearing to hear Nun plesent nuse My Mind is Again on my worke and I hope it will remain So all I have to say now is to tel Sarah to take good care and not expose Her Self and I hope she will git Stout again you said you would write Next mail and let me no when Mother Would come home tel Mother to take All the pleashure she can and not be uneasy A bout home we are doing well anuf /

 

Gran pap is no beter but verry Crabbed I do not think he will die yet

 

James and Sarah is hear now and tha send ther best respects to you All tha Are all well and hope these few lines my Find you all well

 

James wishes you and Siles Hiett to git him a house and shop in darlington he wants it by the first or mdel of march if you can not git it before He wishes you to rite as soon as you can and let Him no rite to millporte W^m  James told me to say to you if you will git him A place he will Kis your ass and do some thing more for you

                                                                                    James P Hubbard to W^m Forder

 

Now mother Jully rites for you to come Home you stay til Sarah is out of dange We are giting along well Anuf it is true I would like to see you at home but would Not feel well for you to leav Sarah til she is out of dange I will now close hopeing When I hear from you A gain all Will be well yours truly with respect

W^m Forder                                                                               Geo Hubbard

C Hubbard

S Hubbard /

 

Dear brother and sister I pick up my pen this good sabbath night it is now nine oclock we upened youre leter and we was glad to hear that sarah was a geting beter I suppose I will hav to come out there and give you a start I dont want to come much but I recking I will hav to come emily wants to come but pap think I had beter come because I am the oldest and mose exprience mother I wish you would come home it seams like you hav bin gone a month but we get along tolerble well I wish you would come home ageanst nex saturdy but I guess you wont I can tell you I am a geting tired of staying at home I ant bin a way from home but once sinc you left home Mother I dont want to gout there for a bout a week after you come home I will fix part of my close before you come home and then I finish and go in about aweek after you come home but I can tell you I cant stay long but I will try to stay long enoug to giv you a good start for you will not do anything until I come sonomore at presen only I reman brother and sisters until death right soon etc I thought you was agoing to right me a leter           Julia A Hubbard to Wm Forder

 

Monday Morning 21 Talor is broake out with the Mesels not mutch sick Scott stil up sais he aint mutch sick And I dont think he will be Mother Dont be scard take all the peashure you can with your friends no danger At home     yours   G Hubbard

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