Augusta County: [unknown] to Margaret Dunlap, June
7, 1860
Summary:
A letter to Mag from an unknown female author in Craigsville, Augusta County,
Virginia, telling of a recent move to the country side, the doings of her
family, and her luck with men.
June the 7 1860
Craigsville
Dear Mag
I have seated my self once more for the purpose of
writing you a few lines i recieved your letter and I
was very glad indeed to hear from you & thot
that you had entirely forgotten me but i find you have not. We have moved since
i got your letter we are living in the pastures on our farm pap bought uncle
[unclear: Peole Cales] farm It is a very pretty place to live we all
like to live here very much & every thing looks nicly well now we have a good house containing five rooms a porch and a
large kitchen. There is a great chance of fruit trees on the place, the frost
killed a great chance of the fruit we think there will be as many apples as we
can make use of some of the peaches escaped the frost there is a good many
damsels and a few guineas. May you know i always talked so bitterly against the
pastures but i dont think it is as bad as we made it
out the people are all very nice along here just as
much so as they are on the other side of the mountain we live in sight of
Bethany Church we have been here just two month and i have heard seventeen
sermons preached there has been two protracted meetings since we live here one
lutheren one baptist meeting I most forgot to tell you
that we are all well mary is still staying at uncle James
[unclear: casts] she is larger
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than i am John is stilling at
David Clemmers he has been there one year now mandy has been to see us since we
moved her and John was here Three weeks ago [deleted: ] aunt lisse has four children her youngest is more than three
years old she calls it Faried Howard Mother calls her youngest Howard Wilson he
is going on three years old, Mother is as fleshy as ever she is troubled a great
deal with the Rhumatick pains, I have my health
just tollerble well I have had a geat deal of work to do since we moved and i am most gave out. Cas
and mag is going to school at the furnace. Cas is nearly as large as i am and
will is nearly as large as pap, Mag I suppose you heard that
[unclear: Drgenbrights] was gone to the [unclear: Mo] they
started the middle of April fanny married henry Obough before they started I was
at her weding there was no stranger there except
myself, Mag I am glad to hear that you have your heath
so well and have such a good place to live it but i expect you will get married
and leave that good home you said you wer
affraid you would direct my letter wrong but i expect
i will direct yours wrong you say that you kick the young men sometimes you must
not kick them to hard you say that you cant kick the
right one I cant tell you now to do about that I have not got any baus now I left two or three over the mountain the one i
loved best is married and i dont care one cent about
the rest i have not got acquainted with any of the pasture boys yet but one he
came home with me from preaching the other sunday he is a nicey nice little
fellow and rich at that but i dont care for any of them.
direct your letters to Craigsville augusta Co Va
