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Augusta County: John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch to Hester J. Nadenbousch, March 24, 1866

Summary:
Nadenbousch writes his wife and again chastises her for not writing. He sends instructions for farming. He discusses business in Staunton, repairs on the hotel, and the sale of the Lexington hotel. He also instructs his wife to collect rents from various tenants.

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March 24/66

Staunton Va

Dear Wife

The swarm of letters reached me Yesterday evening among them your dispatch. all satisfatory but your not having written me sooner & often for which you have no excuse-been here nearly one month & only one letter. Do better in future

I send the certificates which M ^r P regard^s necessary in continuing these attempts of highway robbery. Send them to him by Fred at once & write me how things are going now &c &c-

Let M ^r Staub have what money you can well spare & tell him to buy some wheat. Keep on hand allways $100 or $200 ⁰⁰ . if you have more [added: than that] you can spare him a little

If George gets ready to plow on Lowry place tell him to plow orchard field & the field the stable is in & the part of corn field that is in wheat.

And when can ^t plow to haul some rails from Mountain Make fence &c &c- As to the bay mare claimed I have a guaranteed bill of sale from Paul &c at [unclear: loders] livery stable who I bought the two from. I suppose his claim will end as Thompsons with the pony.

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I have made no headway collecting here. Money is very scarce. We are getting along well with the repairing

The Lexington hotel sold for $32,000 ⁰⁰ I did not buy it. every person here wants me to come here & live all things work smoothe here & pleasant

My eye is better the doctors hope this time to make a permanent cure of it. I hope they will succeed I have been enquiring about here for a good location for business but have not yet fully settled on one

I will try & start for home about Tuesday next if can safely travel, but dont let this idea prevent you from writing upon receipt of this. I will pay you well for all his trouble when I return &c &c

I enclose you an order on M ^r Hawkins for the rent due from Jan 1/66 for the Hubbard property. Collect it. M ^r Duble is to move there Send after Heffner for his rent before he moves & try & get it or all you can of it

Tell M ^r Staub to attend to the Irishman in the mill house & collect the ballance of rent due also to collect the rent from the negroes in stone house & get them out at once if not already out

Yours ever

J Q A Nadenbousch