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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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Rippey Greene Co. Iowa. April 26th /90. Dear Sister Ellen. After so long a time I again venture to send you a letter. I delayed writing from no cause but that of not setting down to do so. I write such few letter nowadays that I almost forget how to commence - but remember I have lost no relish for receiveing and reading letters from relatives & friends. The people of this section are wonderfully busy farming, our folks are on with their work pretty well considering the amount of work the teams are only able to do. Some of the horses are having while the others are just over with the distemper, we have lost none as yet. Our folks shave a spot under the Throat about 9 by 4 inches & apply a coating of "fly blister" & if it gets more raw than need be apply lard.
 
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries