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Wise-Clark family papers, December 1864-February 1865

1865-02-27-Page 03

or they would have starved & froze both papa has hired Tom Logan for this summer, he is here now he & papa are cutting & triming the Hedges. this has been a warm spring day, we made candles, plum butter, hung the meat to smoke, baked, scrubed, Ironed & heaps of other things. Maria is clearing up preparatory to moving she intends going to her new home Tuesday. Simp white will move into Georges House! Monday, in fact; every body but us are moved or going to, papa asked Joshua about that school for you, but Lizie Woolf has the promise of it. you are out there. 
we are going to get that one at Abners, for you. if it is 
bring Every body Home with you th[at will come providing they dont] Endorse the Emancipation procla[mation, Good bye your old maid sister "Bell"]
I would write more, if I wasent so tired must wind the clock Eat an apple & go to bed cant you bring some Maple lases Home in your pocket, bring all every bodies photograph if the originals wont come good night. I hope Kate will get along well, Aunt Betty going to stay with her? or cant she leave Home?

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or they would have starved & froze both papa has hired Tom Logan for this summer, he is here now he & papa are cutting & triming the Hedges. this has been a warm spring day, we made candles, plum butter, hung the meat to smoke, baked, scrubed, Ironed & heaps of other things. Maria is clearing up preparatory to moving she intends going to her new home Tuesday. Simp white will move into Georges House! Monday, in fact; every body but us are moved or going to, papa asked Joshua about that school for you, but Lizie Woolf has the promise of it. you are out there. we are going to get that one at Abners, for you. if it is bring Every body Home with you th[at will come providing they dont] Endorse the Emancipation procla[mation, Good bye your old maid sister "Bell"] I would write more, if I wasent so tired must wind the clock Eat an apple & go to bed cant you bring some Maple lases Home in your pocket, bring all every bodies photograph if the originals wont come good night. I hope Kate will get along well, Aunt Betty going to stay with her? or cant she leave Home?