Franklin County: Mary Jane Demus to David Demus, December 6, [?]
Summary:
Mary Jane Demus writes to her husband with an update from home, including her thoughts on
working for Mr. Patterson and a mention of a meeting of black people in Franklin County.
David Demus
December the 6
My Dear husman
I take my pen in hand to inform to you I am well and all the rest ar well and I hope that this few lines may finds you all the same tate of helth I recive you and [unclear: Josh] I was glad to recive them but I am sorry to hare that Joe ar sick but i hope he [unclear: ante] was I am gad to hare you ar coming hom I hope and pary that you all will git hom agane dow not dispont me if you can help it for I will loke for you I am still at Mr. patterson yet but I am coming hom too weeks frome this and I will perpier for you rite sone and lete me know wher you ar coming or not give mi love to them and tell them to trie and com hom to see us all agane fater and Elizberth send thay love to you all tell the boys I will write to them all when I git home agane I am oney gowing to tay tow weeks triy to git [unclear: har] [unclear: gine] the holdays you want to know [unclear: woth] [unclear: cand] of [unclear: ashol] I wont I will tll you the pries of the [unclear: shol] har and if you cane git eney chaper whay you ma git me a [unclear: dove] [unclear: coller] [unclear: ar] a read and grine and wiht [unclear: cripess] the pries of the [unclear: shol] ar six doller and a hof and [unclear: sam] [unclear: ples] ar 8 doller I wont a dubel [unclear: shol] tell the boys that John and mary was upe the last sunday of octember and tell tem wee gut a letter from ant [unclear: haner] colum and she ar living in bedford and thay ar all well har older dutter ar [unclear: ded] and the [unclear: orer] ar marred John and Mary com up for the big meten the collard pepel had thay meten I dow like to live at Mr patterson if cod be from homall the time I wod lik to live ther all the tim both [unclear: wite] and [unclear: collar] ar looking for you hom mor then the rest for you cant dow [unclear: nones] now [unclear: dow] and [unclear: crie] to com home for if dont com this tim I will be varry much disponed this all I have at present rite sone lit me know how you all ar giting along wither you ar coming home ples to excus the bed riting for I am in [unclear: ahar]
Mary Jane Demes to David Demes
