Augusta County: Margaret H Ott to Enos Ott, no date
Summary:
In this letter to her brother, Margaret discusses the efforts of detailed men,
including Henry, to harvest the crops as well as local prices for goods.
Moffetts Creek Va
Nov 23
Mr Enos Ott
Camp
Lee
Richmond
Virginia
Care of Rev Henry Brown
Dear Brother
I havent
mutch to write as Jinnie hase
written but will say if you can get aney Beaver cloake cloth for Jinnie and I. we have our cloth at home
it looks very well now but when it is woren a while it
wont look well. I was at Staunton friday week saw
some cloth I could have got for one 100 and 25 dollars a yard is very hevey. since that time it was sold Mrs
McCormac and I was thare last friday it was all gone but I could have gotten
off [deleted: of] several peases of brod cloth some cotten chain
and some all wool all the same price named a bove I was offered 50 for mine but
I wouldent take that I do not want to doo a foolish thing sell mine
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and get Brod. cloth sutch as men make coats of you
know that wont
doo unless it is well lined about the Baddie - if you cant
get for a fare
prise do not get at all. some get 4 yards for a cloake but I think 7 or sevin
and a half will make too
cloakes for Jinnie and I. the cloth is dubble
wedth I thaught you could
get good cloth thare for less than I could here. let
mee know what you can doo I will
keep the cloth untill I hear from you if you get cloth
send with some reliable person or fetch your self I think you mite be able to come home. Henry and B F McNutt come home last night on detail to get som things and our cattle they brot a wagon to take things in Apples and potatos and dry froot they have to go back
thursday or friday. Henry and all the detailed men are all as mad as they can
bee all can hardley keep our
stack of wheet men come
saturday four come yesterday to get wheet and some come last week and pressed
the tith corn. It maks H mad
to think they detail men out of the armey to thrash and
shuck corn insted of leaving the oners to attend to there
one
buisness try all you can to get home thare is a good deal of wool to card yet some have been
taken a way some say they are waiting on your geting
home Henry seems to think if the people would get up a pertion you could get off Ad Steel got off as Miller. write soon did
you get my lettr I wrote when at Aunt Sallies I
received a lettr from you Saturday
your Sister
Mag H Ott
