Letter just over 1 pp. from Coal Creek, Bureau County, IL (which he spells "ilinoy"), n.d. To his brother and sister (possibly brother-in-law), in Wilmington, Ohio. Spelling is rough. "...it is with plesure that I take my pen in hand to inform you that we are all well at present hoping that when these fue [few] lines may come to hand that tha [they] may find you al injoying the same blesing ihave benn taughting off writing till iam ashamed offit [of it] now imust tell you how iam geting along ihave bought twelve acors of timer which i paid thirty dollars for and have bought one hundre and sixty six acors of prairie and I paid two hundered and seventy dallars and have forty five acers broke....I have twelve tun of hay put up and a frame house built fourteen ft by twenty two ft with four windows and two doors and a sellaw[cellar?] and we have a stove I have to haul my timber five miles... Most of the rest relates to family, telling them to pass the letter to all he knows and tell them to write. There may be a signature in here, but if so, it is unreadable. Postmark is from "Indiantown, Ill. Oct 15(?)" The style is 1840s blue sheet folded, stampless, sealed with wax. Condition: Folds and light foxing. Tear where opened at wax. Mostly readable when you get past the spelling.
Letter just over 1 pp. from Coal Creek, Bureau County, IL (which he spells "ilinoy"), n.d. To his brother and sister (possibly brother-in-law), in Wilmington, Ohio. Spelling is rough. "...it is with plesure that I take my pen in hand to inform you that we are all well at present hoping that when these fue [few] lines may come to hand that tha [they] may find you al injoying the same blesing ihave benn taughting off writing till iam ashamed offit [of it] now imust tell you how iam geting along ihave bought twelve acors of timer which i paid thirty dollars for and have bought one hundre and sixty six acors of prairie and I paid two hundered and seventy dallars and have forty five acers broke....I have twelve tun of hay put up and a frame house built fourteen ft by twenty two ft with four windows and two doors and a sellaw[cellar?] and we have a stove I have to haul my timber five miles... Most of the rest relates to family, telling them to pass the letter to all he knows and tell them to write. There may be a signature in here, but if so, it is unreadable. Postmark is from "Indiantown, Ill. Oct 15(?)" The style is 1840s blue sheet folded, stampless, sealed with wax. Condition: Folds and light foxing. Tear where opened at wax. Mostly readable when you get past the spelling.
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