Dear Father & Mother

I dont know wether I can think of any thing to rite or not as I have rote about all I can think of but it makes no differance who I rite to you all get to se what I rite I am always very glad to hear from any of you

 

I cant think of any thing els to rite so I will give you a short discription of the country hear it may be interresting to you Merfreesboro has ben a prety smart town but like all the rest of the suthern towns they are going to ruin in the place of improving for 4 to 5 milds and in some places farther around / Merfreesboro the land is level and torabe good Whare ever the land is leavel it is inclined to be rather swampy and for that reason the roads are all graded but in a great many places the roads are ruined their has ben so much wagoning done. I beleav about one half of the timber in this state is sedar nearly all the rails are made of sedar I have saw hundreds of acres of sedar so thick a man could not ride threw it and again I have saw acrs in a body that you could se nothing but rock

 

the farmers turn their attention generaly to the groth of cotten but their will be but very little of any thing raised this season for the men are nearly all gon both white and black I shal have to close for this time hoping to remain your loving sun in law

Wm Forder to G & C Hubbard and all the rest

 

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be sure to rite whenever you can and tell me all the news

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