April the 20

 

                                                                                                                        my Dear Sister

with pleasure I take my pen in hand to answer your kind and welcom letter which come to hand in diew time it was recieved and read with great pleasure for it had bin so long cins we had a letter from any of you I thought that you had all forgoten me you was all out there to gather and I was left behind and you had all forgoten me well Sarah I dreamed last nite night leaving with yu all but when I awoke it was all fas well Sarah I would love to see you all the best in the world /

 

well Sarah I hardly no what to rite to interest you for I have riten all to Em that I no well Sarah you sed that you had got your Dear companion at home poor Boy he is gon out of this troblesom world we out to be glad that he is gon to rest he nose nothing about the trobels in this wicked world if we all was as hapy to day as I think poor will is O how happy we would be well Sarah I will have to quit and rite alittel to mother I wish I could see you and little lissa I could tell you more than I could rite in a week well Sarah you spoke about coming in here next fall dont wate untill fall for you can cum any time you have got nothing to hinder you good by for this time rite soon and often         Sarah forder

 

well kind Mother a worde or to you I would love to see agane the best in the wourld but like is all for I cant but I think if time lastes I and we all live I will see you some time

 

well mother I must tell you that I have got all of my flax cleaned and have spun fourteen dozen and have wove 11 yards and have got to the weavers now of flax and coten you had out to be here to see the new thing that I have got well I must quit for I have scribel more now than you can read mother I want you to make the girls rite oftner to me I often say if mother could rite I would heare from home oftner than I do rite soon and often one and all /

 

I hope to remain your loving daughter untill death

                                                                                                M. E. Naugle

                                                                                                to all of

                                                                                                her friends

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Em I want you to rite and tell me about araney

 

            well Em alitel more to you I rote your letter last Sunday and told you all I could on that sheat of paper and I cant tell you any more in this letter Em I want you to answer this as soon as you get it and tell me all the news well grand maw a word or to you I would love to see you the best in the world and I want you to have them to rite and tell me how you like that contry so good by for this time

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