Washington county India

Auget 29^th 1862

 

Dear children I set down this morning to To drop you A few lines in Answer to your verry kind leterer and to let you no we are all well At present Hopeing when these few lines come To hand tha may find you all well and doing Well I have not bin Abel to worke for Severl days I have A carbunkel on my left Brest whitch is verry soar tho I hope will Soon be bether..I hardley no what to rite I will tel you something A bout the cropes in this parte of the cuntrey wheete was Thin on the ground but was well fild the Grain is large in some plases wheete was Hevy thare will be ten thousand bushels More wheete rasd in this county then thare Was last season wheet is worth 40 cents per Bushel corn looks well if we have rain next Month we will have good cropes thar was No lo oatt oats rasd hear the rust Ruend it early in the season Health is good Hear now the weather is verry warm hear Now Robert Forder is going to starte to the Arma frida the first day of next month He will go to Indinoples I no not how long he Will stay thare /

 

In Reading you leter I find that you Are not comeing this fall you may suppose We feel verry mutch disapointed after Makeing all calculations of seeing you hear Soon you say you will come nixt winter when That time comes then you will find some thing To do and say you will come some other time Now come rite Along this fall make No further excuse About it then I will Tel you About going with you to newbraske Now I want you to rite as soon as this comes to Hand and tel me you are comeing and when You will be hear We have A fine swete potatoe Pach large Anuf to eat now we want you to come And help us to eat theme I am now done for this time Give our respects to all the friens

 

So farewell for this time hopeing to remain

 

Loveing parrence while life shal laste

                                   G & C Hubbard          To  W^m & S. Forder

 

I will now rite A few lines to James & Jule on this same sheate you will let them see it

 

            Dear Children I will rite a few lines on this Sheate in answer to your kinde leter To let you no we are all well at present hopeing when these few lines come to hand tha May find you all well and doing well I have not mutch to rite more then what I Have rot to will as you will see what I have Rote it will not be worth while for me to Repete it we stil have A hope you will Be hear this fall if you are comeing I Want you to rite and let me no when you Will be hear we will have the big pot In tha litel one and make soop for dinner Jula we stil have your oald ruster he steps Round quite large some times you would Think he was quite young you must bring A cage with you to take him home with you When you come as I forgot to tel you in the Parte I rote to will W^m famley is all well Sols are all well Jameses famley are all Well Sarah and the children was hear last Sunday W^m has Another girl it is A Bout 4 weekes oald I am now done for this Time fare well for this time hopeing to Remain loveing parrence until death

                                                              G & C Hubbard To J & J McMullen

 

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