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Correspondence to Ellen Mowrer Miller in Boone County, Iowa from family in Pennsylvania, Iowa and South Dakota, 1865-1890

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East Coventry, Aug 12, 1865 
Dear Cousin Ellen, 
As we never have the pleasure of seeing one other for to make any impression on our minds how we look but I remember of have seeing you once when I was down at your store but as I was but a small then I don't suppose that we would know each other if we would have such good fortune to meet, Father & Mother would be very glad to see their Brother and Sister photograph. I would like to see them, uncle Sebastan wife was in in the spring she was to see us she seems to be a very nice woman, my sister Mary Ann is Married a bought six year to [Jacob Youder?] She has two children. The older is Willie and Katy. They live on the farm that youst to be Jacob Fisher. Old uncle Henry Christman is dead and his son Henry died abought three weeks apart young Henry first he was found dead in the bed in the evening appeard well and next morning was a corps. Old maid Peggy Brownback is dead she died in the month of April on the 19 of [Ague?] there is sale at her place I thought you folks would send your Photograph be for this time when you folks send your in we will send ours to you we have ours ready and as seen as you send your we will sends ours in return we are all well at present and hope you all are enjoying good health / have you any thing

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East Coventry, Aug 12, 1865 Dear Cousin Ellen, As we never have the pleasure of seeing one other for to make any impression on our minds how we look but I remember of have seeing you once when I was down at your store but as I was but a small then I don't suppose that we would know each other if we would have such good fortune to meet, Father & Mother would be very glad to see their Brother and Sister photograph. I would like to see them, uncle Sebastan wife was in in the spring she was to see us she seems to be a very nice woman, my sister Mary Ann is Married a bought six year to [Jacob Youder?] She has two children. The older is Willie and Katy. They live on the farm that youst to be Jacob Fisher. Old uncle Henry Christman is dead and his son Henry died abought three weeks apart young Henry first he was found dead in the bed in the evening appeard well and next morning was a corps. Old maid Peggy Brownback is dead she died in the month of April on the 19 of [Ague?] there is sale at her place I thought you folks would send your Photograph be for this time when you folks send your in we will send ours to you we have ours ready and as seen as you send your we will sends ours in return we are all well at present and hope you all are enjoying good health / have you any thing