Submitted by Tom James
Tom James wrote:
From the clues in this letter, it must have been written
in the mid to late 1870's. It is written by Marial Adamson-Paul,
the wife of Will Paul, to her stepmother Rebecca Adamson, her half-sister
Mollie Adamson-Prather, and her brother-in-law Thomas "Bud" Prather
who live in Hamilton County. Later, Bud and Mollie moved to Wayne County.
I would love to hear from anyone who has a connection to any of these people,
and I would especially like to find a letter written to them from my ancestors
in Hamilton County.
June the 21
Dear Mother brothers and sisters i seat myself to tell you we are all
well and done harvesting and glad of it and i hope you are all the same
Will harvested 12 days and this is 13 days for Jimie and i dont no whether
he will come home tonite or not Will quit yesterday and is plowing corn
today our corn looks mity well but is very weedy but ours is not alone
we are needing rain now prety bad gardens is needing rain very bad Mother
my garden looks very well considering ive had lots of beans and had cucumbers
for times today our potatoes is good ive a good many chickens but there
is a weasle her that gets four to eat to my one and i tell you it hurts
me but it cant be helped oh dont you want to help this old pen steve will
says for you to come and get your hound its the pretyest thing you ever
saw and the fearcest wood will says for you and reason to come up next
week he thinks he will stack about that time i am stout as a buck and plump
as a patrige i hoe and pull weeds to beet all well tomas I am going to
talk to you alittle ruf about the way you treated me when i was down there
will is awful mad about it and i aint in a good umer but if you will come
up we'll setle it with will you tell him it was an accident you dident
go to do it well to bisnes now bud will and me went to Mt Erie next week
after we come home and we saw Mr Mills and we told him about you and he
said you was the very kind of a man he wanted he said he wanted a single
handed man he dont want much of his farm tended just the best of it and
he wants a man that noes how to tent to stock we give you a big name for
that and told him you cam from ky and was raised to tend fine stock it
pleased him to think you come from ky he is a kyian he wants you to come
and see him Molie its the nicest farm and lots of fruit and water bud we
told him you was coming after harvest and you must come just as soon as
you can and you come to moly all come soon and rite as soon as you get
this and tell us what you will do will says its best chance he noes of
and you can make enof tending stock to keep your family
Murial Paul
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