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1863-11-08 Page 1
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Philadelphia Nove the 8 1863 Dear Brother I received a letter from Henry 2 Weeks a go Statinge that you was all Well I was glad to hear of that Wee are all Well as usal you said that Ite had ben very Dry there this fall Wee have hade Some raine here So that wee Can plough Wee had a Could Snap In Oct the ground froze hard but Ite thawed Out againe Ite Now Is Could and Cloudy wee Sall See Winter Soon I think I must Now tell you about this States Elections they have gon fer the Union of Over 20,000 ma[g?]oyrity that Is good News fer New york againe Thomas that Comnity that was put in last febuary Has failed to get a piece of land for a burying ground Seth Strickland will buy Ite back againe for 30,00 per aCre that leeves the town Out of 350,00 Dollars to rais againe Iff thay buy a boat for One I Cant tele Now Whar Nor When they Will buy One
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Philadelphia Nove the 8 1863 Dear Brother I received a letter from Henry 2 Weeks a go Statinge that you was all Well I was glad to hear of that Wee are all Well as usal you said that Ite had ben very Dry there this fall Wee have hade Some raine here So that wee Can plough Wee had a Could Snap In Oct the ground froze hard but Ite thawed Out againe Ite Now Is Could and Cloudy wee Sall See Winter Soon I think I must Now tell you about this States Elections they have gon fer the Union of Over 20,000 ma[g?]oyrity that Is good News fer New york againe Thomas that Comnity that was put in last febuary Has failed to get a piece of land for a burying ground Seth Strickland will buy Ite back againe for 30,00 per aCre that leeves the town Out of 350,00 Dollars to rais againe Iff thay buy a boat for One I Cant tele Now Whar Nor When they Will buy One
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