Bristol, Elkhart Co. In^d Nov^r the 6^th / 62

 

Dear Son

Excuse the toren paper I had no others to day & I have but a few stamps left but will get some by my next letter We Rec^d yours of the 29 Oct was sorry you ware sick of the Flux hope you are better. Glad to here your lungs are better. Doo try & get a situation in the Hospitle as clerk or nurs or somthing of the kind

 

Let us know in your next how to fix this ink. I can hardley write with it; today we send 2 letters; one with this in & some Tormentill the other with J Gerings & Mary Millers letters & some new mixture also a few stamps if you get out of them before we can send more you must send Soldiers letters; we are all tolareble well at presant excepting I have a sore or sweled face catched it in the corn field but I must go at it this afternoon again good or bad Cyrus John & I erned 30 B. (of corn) in 4 days last weak at Wm Barkers; this weak we husk at Mr Bradshaws & then perhaps at Greenings; Edward is not able to husk any but he dabed & white washed the house made a good cupard &c News we have none onley Jacob has mooved to whare Borden lived; but Moll dont come over eny or Tipps either they are too buisey with John & Nanc Huckelberry if you can send us your soldier likness; but not to Moll /

 

I sent the V. in a letter to Portland, Ky but Akin told Ed the Rigt must be on or you would not get it & he put it on. we also sent some capricum to Portland there is no venison nothing of the drafting here yet; or of the discharges but I have a full list of the drafted in old North^d Co. Pa. Major Huff & I rivised it the other day & found 3 Republicans out of 47 drafted in Shatuckin township the Reb devels sympathisers catched it; but couldent help do so for all the Republicans had gone to war the we had Election on yesterday but dont know the result; onley the Sesh had much quarling amongst themselves, as they some voted the so caled union ticket; I dont know wether their kind of union means as they pretend to be united with the Republicans to put an end to the Rebelion; or to unite with Jeff & his other southern & Northern Confederates

 

write very soon

 

Our Love to you Wm Albright

Wm I want your advise & consent on a seperate slip of paper. Did you ever notice the 80 acres in front of Wests joining Stones; with about 20 acres of good dry wash & 12 acres of clear dry land & the best kind of timber & good springs west set their water on it. Price 4 hundred dols. if we can sell for 4 shall we buy it; will you give me a little help to build a house &c; I must close Wm Albright

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