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Ann Larimer letters to husband John, February-July 1865
06_1865-07-13-Page 02
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mill, his brother & Nellson bought miller's mill, are liveing at the mill. I understand that Smith sayes if his wife is guilty of what they say she is. why, she done the same thing before he married her. Carpender is doing great things, monday about noon, Father was up to the office, he was bying a set of dishes, he said that the had laid out nearly one hundred dol. that morning so I suppose they will live pretty well for a while, [sic] was in Quincy Saturday, staid all night somewhere, I suppose at Crow's, as Marsiva went after [sic] Saturday morning with a horse. It rained all day Saturday. I thought it must be a very urgent case, [sic] went to Corning Sunday morning & from there to Brooksville. George Crow is in [sic] with the [sic]. You said that you would like to know what we had to eat the 4th. I will tell you the same that I wrote to you last week, every one took their own dinner. I eat my dinner alone with the chilldren. I had chicken pie, cake, bread, cursants, raddishes, & fried ham. If you could have had my dinner that day, I would willingly went with out for for two days. John, you have the money now & if there is any thing to buy to eat, why don't you do it. you may never get home with what you [have] & John, how bad I would feel to thin that you did not have any thing to eat when you was where you could get it because you was saveing your money to bring home, don't do it, John, please. John, how many photographs did you get? I should like to know if you got a dozzen taken & have not disspared of them, why not send Nan, Addie, & Flora one? you was at the expense of getting a picture taken & sending it to Mary & she is so selfish that she would not let one of Ellis or Willes likeness get out of her box & the boyes are like you- they are afraid of Mary. Ellis told me I might have one of his, but when I asked for it, he said that Mary would not give it up. I will tell you one thing, after I had tried, I could not get a picture taken off from yours & Wills, your Mother said that to never mind; when she was gone, I should have it as Wills would not care any thing about it. I have never scene it since your Mother did. I will not write any more to night as I have been washing to day. Clarabel sayes pa lookes with his eyes right at her. well, Eddie sayes "he looked a me, too." so you see, pa, we are all pleased with our pressant. Father sayes he don't see what I want a likeness of you for, as I can look at Eddie whenever I want to know how you look, take care of your self, my dear husband, for your wife & babies, my dear husband, for you just one kiss, your wife, Ann Larimer
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mill, his brother & Nellson bought miller's mill, are liveing at the mill. I understand that Smith sayes if his wife is guilty of what they say she is. why, she done the same thing before he married her. Carpender is doing great things, monday about noon, Father was up to the office, he was bying a set of dishes, he said that the had laid out nearly one hundred dol. that morning so I suppose they will live pretty well for a while, [sic] was in Quincy Saturday, staid all night somewhere, I suppose at Crow's, as Marsiva went after [sic] Saturday morning with a horse. It rained all day Saturday. I thought it must be a very urgent case, [sic] went to Corning Sunday morning & from there to Brooksville. George Crow is in [sic] with the [sic]. You said that you would like to know what we had to eat the 4th. I will tell you the same that I wrote to you last week, every one took their own dinner. I eat my dinner alone with the chilldren. I had chicken pie, cake, bread, cursants, raddishes, & fried ham. If you could have had my dinner that day, I would willingly went with out for for two days. John, you have the money now & if there is any thing to buy to eat, why don't you do it. you may never get home with what you [have] & John, how bad I would feel to thin that you did not have any thing to eat when you was where you could get it because you was saveing your money to bring home, don't do it, John, please. John, how many photographs did you get? I should like to know if you got a dozzen taken & have not disspared of them, why not send Nan, Addie, & Flora one? you was at the expense of getting a picture taken & sending it to Mary & she is so selfish that she would not let one of Ellis or Willes likeness get out of her box & the boyes are like you- they are afraid of Mary. Ellis told me I might have one of his, but when I asked for it, he said that Mary would not give it up. I will tell you one thing, after I had tried, I could not get a picture taken off from yours & Wills, your Mother said that to never mind; when she was gone, I should have it as Wills would not care any thing about it. I have never scene it since your Mother did. I will not write any more to night as I have been washing to day. Clarabel sayes pa lookes with his eyes right at her. well, Eddie sayes "he looked a me, too." so you see, pa, we are all pleased with our pressant. Father sayes he don't see what I want a likeness of you for, as I can look at Eddie whenever I want to know how you look, take care of your self, my dear husband, for your wife & babies, my dear husband, for you just one kiss, your wife, Ann Larimer
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