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Iowa Clinton Co Camanche 1861
Dear Henry & Climin & frends
We gladly received your letter dated
4 of Nove hearing that you all are well
& under the Blessing of god we are all
well hoping that the same Blessing  may
Beless you all Henry I have taken
the 25 acers or more if you want to work on
shares you to furnish all & do all the
work & give 1/3 of the crop delivered in the 
1/2 Bushel we have ploughed 10 acers
of the ground & we want to plough 5
acers more & plough the corn ground
next spring the peace [illeg] my farm
Henry about the land warrents are
here of little acet for theare is no
land in this State that warrents can
Reach only in the North west Back
Several cut miles & when the war 
closes the warrents will be Bought for
ten dollars Each
Henry we have gathered about half of our corn
which is 500 bushels it takes two cubic
feet for a bushel of Western corn we have
ears of corn that weigh 1 pound 4 oz & the
cob smaller than the Eastern corn I finished
digging my potatoes & have about 300 bushels
Potatoes here are worth  2 /- per bushel corn 7 cts
Wheat 60 cts Oats 1/- Butter 12 cts per lb  cheese 10 cts
Pork in the dead hog 3 1/2 cts per lb the Blockading
of the Mississippi is what reduces the various
Prices Henry you had better learn from Naylor how
to make Wine for our Wood lot is full of Grapes
enough to make several Barrels of Wine

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Iowa Clinton Co Camanche 1861 Dear Henry & Climin & frends We gladly received your letter dated 4 of Nove hearing that you all are well & under the Blessing of god we are all well hoping that the same Blessing may Beless you all Henry I have taken the 25 acers or more if you want to work on shares you to furnish all & do all the work & give 1/3 of the crop delivered in the 1/2 Bushel we have ploughed 10 acers of the ground & we want to plough 5 acers more & plough the corn ground next spring the peace [illeg] my farm Henry about the land warrents are here of little acet for theare is no land in this State that warrents can Reach only in the North west Back Several cut miles & when the war closes the warrents will be Bought for ten dollars Each Henry we have gathered about half of our corn which is 500 bushels it takes two cubic feet for a bushel of Western corn we have ears of corn that weigh 1 pound 4 oz & the cob smaller than the Eastern corn I finished digging my potatoes & have about 300 bushels Potatoes here are worth 2 /- per bushel corn 7 cts Wheat 60 cts Oats 1/- Butter 12 cts per lb cheese 10 cts Pork in the dead hog 3 1/2 cts per lb the Blockading of the Mississippi is what reduces the various Prices Henry you had better learn from Naylor how to make Wine for our Wood lot is full of Grapes enough to make several Barrels of Wine