[drawn in a picture of hearts] Otto Catt Co New York July 8^th 1865 E.E.B. To M.D.B.

 

Dear Mollie your most kind and loving [?]

and I am now seated for the purpose of returning the most delightful compliment Mollie I should have written before but have bin so busy I could not get a chance although I can find time to write to you if any one. It's 12 Oclock P.M. and I am sleepy and going to Gowanda to morrow So will say the most partickular parts of my last 2 weeks history. first will say / I am sorry I did not come up there to spend our Independence but the is no youse of talking its past. I should have started Tuesday morning & come on up if I had known you wer there but dident know but you might be gone and gave it up Henry More Sarahs Brother took Frank Charley took Miss Hattie Hart Our school teacher and Harlon & his Lucy went & I took Deloria & went to Little Valley in the evening to a ball I had a gay old time and the best pardenor the was at the ball. Ive mentioned to you her name tis Miss L.B. Handey. her father is military Secretary of N.Y.S. / She has the silver dimes to put on fixings with and she does it in style. We all had a gay old night of it about 100 couples there. Frank got a letter from Sammy a short time ago. he is all right on the plan. I will now say I have bought ½ of a threshing mashine & ½ of a mooveing mashine and have bin mooveing buildings for a few days I hire a man & pay him $4.00 per day to learn me and I furnish him & the mashine & myself & am getting $9. per day & found that leaves me about $5 per day So you see I couldent hardley spend the time now / to come up there and haying is so near at hand I could not spend time to come but will be up that way about fair time. Mother is gaining some and I am glad of it

 

Em stayed at home

 

Well I guess I shall have to enclose my well wishes to all of the people and Love is still for The and 2 or more Kisses

 

From EEB

To MDB

 

I wish I could have a few moments private conversation with you but will wait till after haying & harvesting

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