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the Grapes here are worth 100 per bushel Henry we have had no rain here for the last 30 days and very pleasant weather and Thrashers are doing well they are thrashing out both old & new wheat 1 Machine for the last 60 days have cleared 400 dollars Henry I can furnish all seeds that you will want & I intend to sow 50 acers of wheat next spring in good order dear sister Climne and henry I thought I Wood Write to you all and to let you know how I was geting a long Climne I am Well and I Wint to the fair With a bo [illeg] there Was [a beaut ill] ful [illeg] about I ever saw Climne [excauese] all bad Wiriting bCause I mus close tell grandmother I wood like to see her Henry Respecting the mortgage it was given [illeg] L Grohe Jan 10th 1861 for 370 three hundred & seventy dollars & Interest payable the first day of December 1861 in money current at the Union Bank Henry if you can pay the said Amt you would Oblige me much & when you pay it have Mr Campbell Assign the Mortgage to you as it will save some expense and trouble for me & Henry I think I can not pay the Amt as long as the Mississippi is Blockaded for as long as the Ohio river is Blockaded it takes about 25 cts off from every bushel of grain that we send to New York for the Rail Roads Monopolize the Business they keep adding Percentage almost weekly so that grain is too low to dispose of it but I think the war will be over by next summer Henry Respecting the war we have at Davenport Iowi 36 miles from here 5000 troops & but short time ago 3000 left there for Kentucky & Missouri I think that if New York woulld send as many troops as Iowa in Proportion to the Population of the
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the Grapes here are worth 100 per bushel Henry we have had no rain here for the last 30 days and very pleasant weather and Thrashers are doing well they are thrashing out both old & new wheat 1 Machine for the last 60 days have cleared 400 dollars Henry I can furnish all seeds that you will want & I intend to sow 50 acers of wheat next spring in good order dear sister Climne and henry I thought I Wood Write to you all and to let you know how I was geting a long Climne I am Well and I Wint to the fair With a bo [illeg] there Was [a beaut ill] ful [illeg] about I ever saw Climne [excauese] all bad Wiriting bCause I mus close tell grandmother I wood like to see her Henry Respecting the mortgage it was given [illeg] L Grohe Jan 10th 1861 for 370 three hundred & seventy dollars & Interest payable the first day of December 1861 in money current at the Union Bank Henry if you can pay the said Amt you would Oblige me much & when you pay it have Mr Campbell Assign the Mortgage to you as it will save some expense and trouble for me & Henry I think I can not pay the Amt as long as the Mississippi is Blockaded for as long as the Ohio river is Blockaded it takes about 25 cts off from every bushel of grain that we send to New York for the Rail Roads Monopolize the Business they keep adding Percentage almost weekly so that grain is too low to dispose of it but I think the war will be over by next summer Henry Respecting the war we have at Davenport Iowi 36 miles from here 5000 troops & but short time ago 3000 left there for Kentucky & Missouri I think that if New York woulld send as many troops as Iowa in Proportion to the Population of the
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