John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 September 186X
            Montrose Sept 22th
 
Dear wife and children I send you a few lines to let you know that i am well hopeing you all the same blessing
 
I send you a paper to read I sent you five dollars the other day if you do not get it at Brighton send to Washington Post office i am boarding now at $2 50 pr week and working at 25 cts pr hour loading cars and liters for keokuk 12 miles below this place the boats cannot go over the rappids write to me and let me no all i can mak well hear O children be kind to your Mother I have not time to write more
                                                                                                            John G Scoville
 
                                                                                                Montrose Lee Co
                                                                                                                        Iowa
 
Sunday 23 went to church herd a funeral sermon preached of a little boy O how it sites my mind to my little Ruth Silva Prinny Phi and Lol (tears of sorrow and anguish stop my pen
                                                                                    John G Scoville
 
write to me
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(7003)DL1314.14491Letters186X-09-22

Tags: Children, Death (Home Front), Mail, Money, Nature, Newspapers, Railroads, Sadness, Ships/Boats, Work

People - Records: 6

  • (2292) [writer] ~ Scoville, John G.
  • (2294) [recipient] ~ Scoville, Ruth C. ~ Chapman, Ruth
  • (2296) [recipient] ~ Scoville, Philander S.
  • (2297) [recipient] ~ Scoville, Princess
  • (2299) [recipient] ~ Scoville, Ruth ~ Thew, Ruth
  • (2308) [recipient] ~ Scoville, Sylvia ~ Kindle, Sylvia

Places - Records: 1

  • (1839) [origination] ~ Montrose, Lee County, Iowa

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John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 September 186X, DL1314.144, Nau Collection