Dear Miss Heacock:
I will try to write you a few lines so as to let you know how
I am getting along and how I like my new home. I am doing right
well for my beginning, but there is a time coming when I can
do better. I like my home very well, only for one thing, but
that I would not like to tell in this letter. I can milk right
good now. Some things what Miss Malinda toll me I see is coming
true, I can see that plain. I supposed you had been thinking
something had happened to me because I didn’t write sooner.
The reason I didn’t write, because Mrs. Brenaman didn’t
have the things ready for me to write with. To-day Mr. Harry
has been very sick and has not been able to work. I sometime
go to town with Mrs. Brenaman. We have got a very large farm;
it is one of the larger farms round hear. Susan, who is Mrs.
Hall’s servant girl, came and got some blackberries out
of our orchard yesterday evening. I can’t think of anymore
to say just now, so I will close my letter.
One of yours forever,
Give my love to all, especially to Miss Malinda and tell her
I will write to her sometime.
Please to excuse me putting this in the wrong place.
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Dear Miss Heacock:
I enjoyed
my ride very much. Wednesday about twelve o’clock Miss Rachel took
Isabella and me and went up to Miss Clara’s house, and then Miss Clara
took care of Isabella till Miss Wilson came.
When I reached
my home Miss Emma was glad to see me and I was glad too, for I felt tired and
sick. Miss Emma said sometime she would take me to see Isabella. I
will bring my letter to a close. Give my love to everybody, and my best
love to you.
Yours
Truly,
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Dear Miss Heacock:
I received
your letter of August 25th. I like my new home very much. We have
plenty of sweet potatoes this year. We made 100-10 bushels of oats. We
have hogs, chickens, cows, horses. We have had plenty of peaches, apples,
plums, pears and a plenty of cider to drink and to turn to vinegar. Have
you heard of Dora, and of Carry since I left the Home?
Your
Friend,
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Dear Miss Heacock:
I will write
you a few lines to let you know how I am getting along. Mr. and Mrs.
Brennaman have changed my name to William, because one of his son’s name
is Edward. We have three horses and 4 colts and one calf. We have
cut our wheat, and Tuesday we will thrash it. We have seven cows and
some pigs. Mr. Brennaman says after he has thrashed the wheat he will
build a new kitchen. I wash every three meals. James Higgins has
been over to see me twice. Walter Berry lives near James. We have
raspberries, cabbage, celery, beets, onions. We have a whole field of
tomatoes and corn. We have a peach orchard and some apples. I reached
home safe. He has three sons, Mr. Harry and Mr. Edward and Bert. Give
my love to all the ladies and to the children, especially to Mary. Now
I will close my letter as it is bedtime. I will write soon.
Yours
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Dear Miss Heacock:
I received
your letter and was very glad to hear from you and the boy. Soon after
I came here, Mrs. Willson took me to Caroline to see Isabella and Lottie. They
both have nice homes. On the 4th of July we went out to Mr. Willson and
had skyrockets fired, which looked very pretty. Please tell brother I
am very sorry I didn’t answer his letter sooner and I will try and answer
it sometime. I ride horse-back after the cows. I wash the cow’s
tits and sometimes I help Mr. Willson milk.
Please give
my love to Miss Storum, Miss Hunter and Plummer.
Yours Truly, |
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 Dear Miss Heacock:
I intended
to write to you Sunday, but did not do it so I will do it now. I enjoy
the country better than I do Washington. Please to write and tell me
where I was born, for I would like to know, because it is a great thing to
know. I feed the cow, pigs and the horse. I am knitting myself
a pair of stockings for myself to wear this winter. She has made me a
suit for Sunday. When will the boys commence going after blackberries. I
was homesick; now I am all over it. The air out here is grand. We
have been having good weather out here every time I been out here.
I forgot
to put the date of the month at the heading of my letter, so I put it now,
July 6th, 1891. Give my love to Uncle John, Miss Briggs, Aunt Mary, Malinda,
Maria Marks, Mr. Bruce, Miss Storum, and all the wash-woman too, Frank Gordon,
Garfield, Frank Seymour, James Mitchell, David Wesley, and your sister. I
will bring my letter to a close.
Respectfully
yours, |
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Dear Matron:
George is
learning to do his work of feeding cows, pigs, &c., quite fast. I
think he will be quite a smart fellow. He was very homesick at first. Whenever
I mentioned your name or your sister, he would cry; but he is feeling better
and more contented. As ever,
Yours
true,
P.S. – George cried while
writing this letter to you. |
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Dear Miss Heacock:
I received
your letter. I was glad to here from home and that you are well and all
children are to. I am pleased with my home and I am glad you got me a
nice home. I am eating apple and peaches from morning till night. Miss
Bettie carried me away some time she did. The day the Miss Bettie went
down to the fish dinner I went to, and we all had pleasant time. I must
now close my letter.
Yours truly,
I see William Gordon every day and William Diggs most every day, and
my love to school boys, and let one the boys write to me, tell me about
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Dear Miss Heacock:
I received
your letter a few days ago and was very glad to hear from you and the children.
Has Uncle John carried any of the boys after blackberries since the last
time you wrote to me? This summer we have been drying apples and peaches.
Miss Mary has also been canning fruit and making jelly and preserves.
Friday Mr. Welsh had the ripest of his tobacco speared, and cutting the
tops of some of his corn, and pulling fodder. Have you received a letter
from any other of the boys and girls that left the home this summer? Has
any of the children been to the public buildings this summer? Now, as
I have nothing more to say, I will close my letter, hoping that in the
future I will be able to write you a better letter. Please give my respect
to all.
Yours truly, |
