Aurora Sept 10 78

 

            dear Jettie

                                    I write to let you know something of our plans and asking a little advice your Aunt Mary Ann and Tresa are visiting us, and I have proposed that we, that is, Mary Ann and myself take a trip to Frankton and visit your Uncle Grants family and perhaps go to Richmond should we go we shall leave Kankakee as soon as the first of October would like to call on you if agreable to yourself and family and secure your advise as to the best rout what seems to us most feasible is the Indianapolis and Chicago of the PC and StL think we shoud change at Logansport which might cause some inconvenience please send a line and let us know if you will be at home about that time we would consider your company to Lo-port or the entire journey as a great favour

 

Melissa is still unable to be up unless she gets better soon I shall / not leave home this fall but she is improving and we hope she will soon gain her usual health other friends well Mattie has returned to Oberlin Fay to Beloit Katie left yesterday for the Female Seminary at Geneva Lake Wis. Charlie is keeping house in a shanty on the farm and preparing to take charge of the whole thing in the spring Ottie has gone to the reunion of the 124^th at Chicago to day expects to spend tomorrow so and Thursday at Amboy I think you should be there too

 

I shall look for an answer soon with much love from

 

                                                            your Mother

                                                                        M. P. Hatch

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