Bristle             Elkart Co   Ind      Augest      26       1867

 

Dear friend I seat my self to rite you a fiew lines to let you know that I am well I am three hundred miles from home me and tip Brown and a cousin of mine we came out with a wagon we are going up into the state of mishigan this evning I dont know when we will start home we started from home two weaks ago yeasturday I gess we wont start home for two weaks yet I am a going to try to get the boys to go back apast yore house if they wont I am going to stop at bloomington and get on the cars and come out and see you and all the rest of the folks well Emmie I gess you have heard all a bout my bad luck but it is so and i dont care a snap for she treated me like a dog only worse never mind i am going to get me another I will show her that I dont care for her nor none of the rest of them

 

She talked a bout you some I told her that you was just as good as she was when she started to leave she says now go and / get that old em hubard She said that i rote you to or three leters while me and her was being to gether She was down at newalbany when I left home well nomore of that we had a good time on the road out here. the boys made me do all of the cooking i cooked aples and potatoes and rostnear. i tell you we lived well we was 8 days on the road if you want to answer my leter you can direct it to Elkart and the name of the county is Elkart Co Ind if you rite you must rite as soon as you get this I want to get a leter from you for I want you to tell me when you are going to be maried I heard you was going to be maried this fall if you will tell me and I dont stop I will come out and bring rachel with me well I must quit riting for this time iremain yore friend until death dont tell any body that i rote you aleter                    rite soon

 

                                                            Abiram Brown to

                                                            Miss Emmie hubard

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