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Peter Mowrer letters to sons Peter and William, 1856
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I will try to write [anie?] more before we start. East Vincent. Chester County Pa. March 16. 1856 Dear Sons We received [yaurs?] of the 4th instant yesterday and were happy to learn that you enjoy good health and still entertain a favorable opinion of the country which we contemplate to be our future home. We are all at present tolerable well. And heavily engaged (both physically and mentally) in making preparations for moving, I am out [du?] nearly every day the old store accounts but meet with the little [Succkss?] the best paid long a-go and the delinquents care but little about duns. I think I shall [horse?] a dozen or so soon. Levi Miller and Mrs Davis (landlady) that bought our sofa some of our new carpet at private sale have all paid some time ago. A Dr Heekee Jur. ours some twenty six dols store bill and is among the delinquents. We happened to have a good chance to sell our yellow waggon, we last week sold it to Abraham [Knern?] for $65 which you know will be to us as good as so much cash next April. Considering the credit we gave at our sales it was upwards of ten dollars better than if we had let it go at the sale. We still thought of bringing it along if we could not sell it to any advantage. but the cost of transportation would probably exceeded its value [Ve?] The one horse market [dearhourn?] we have yet, but are trying to sell that too. Our other goods that are of any account are all disposed of. And the cash articles are all well nigh paid in. Mr. Styer the purchaser of our farm talks of
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I will try to write [anie?] more before we start. East Vincent. Chester County Pa. March 16. 1856 Dear Sons We received [yaurs?] of the 4th instant yesterday and were happy to learn that you enjoy good health and still entertain a favorable opinion of the country which we contemplate to be our future home. We are all at present tolerable well. And heavily engaged (both physically and mentally) in making preparations for moving, I am out [du?] nearly every day the old store accounts but meet with the little [Succkss?] the best paid long a-go and the delinquents care but little about duns. I think I shall [horse?] a dozen or so soon. Levi Miller and Mrs Davis (landlady) that bought our sofa some of our new carpet at private sale have all paid some time ago. A Dr Heekee Jur. ours some twenty six dols store bill and is among the delinquents. We happened to have a good chance to sell our yellow waggon, we last week sold it to Abraham [Knern?] for $65 which you know will be to us as good as so much cash next April. Considering the credit we gave at our sales it was upwards of ten dollars better than if we had let it go at the sale. We still thought of bringing it along if we could not sell it to any advantage. but the cost of transportation would probably exceeded its value [Ve?] The one horse market [dearhourn?] we have yet, but are trying to sell that too. Our other goods that are of any account are all disposed of. And the cash articles are all well nigh paid in. Mr. Styer the purchaser of our farm talks of
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