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1846-11-20 Gabriel Billmire to Mannassa Meyers Page 1
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Daisvill, Ogal County Illinois November the 20th 1846 dear children I take up my pen to inform you that wee are all well at present thanks be to god for his mercy and hoping theas few lines will find you in the same state of health. Dear children I must inform you that wee like this part of the world better than wee liket the state of ohio for it is far better land for anything you sow or plant hear grows so fine and an abondence of it and ware wee live now is the best land I ever saw in my life dear children Jacob Hay moved back to indianna to kozeosko County about one hundred and fifteen Miles from daton thare he paid one thousand dollars for one hundred and sixty akers by the letter I received of him thare is no house on it nor one stick cut of it the hole quarter is all timber for my part I can not see how he can make a living for he has to by his bread and horse feed for one hole year or better dear son Jacob Hay Movd away hear and left his plow and two beadsteads hear he never told me what I should do with them perhaps he will com in to you and tell you that he sold them to me and wants you to pay them for me dont you give him one cent for I did not by his plow and bedsteads of him for you well no that I hav plows and bedsteads enuff of my own and also left his cow the same way I wrote to Jacob Hay that he should com and fetch his things away Mr fortny also mvd back again to cambridg indianna or perhaps all the way back to ohio
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Daisvill, Ogal County Illinois November the 20th 1846 dear children I take up my pen to inform you that wee are all well at present thanks be to god for his mercy and hoping theas few lines will find you in the same state of health. Dear children I must inform you that wee like this part of the world better than wee liket the state of ohio for it is far better land for anything you sow or plant hear grows so fine and an abondence of it and ware wee live now is the best land I ever saw in my life dear children Jacob Hay moved back to indianna to kozeosko County about one hundred and fifteen Miles from daton thare he paid one thousand dollars for one hundred and sixty akers by the letter I received of him thare is no house on it nor one stick cut of it the hole quarter is all timber for my part I can not see how he can make a living for he has to by his bread and horse feed for one hole year or better dear son Jacob Hay Movd away hear and left his plow and two beadsteads hear he never told me what I should do with them perhaps he will com in to you and tell you that he sold them to me and wants you to pay them for me dont you give him one cent for I did not by his plow and bedsteads of him for you well no that I hav plows and bedsteads enuff of my own and also left his cow the same way I wrote to Jacob Hay that he should com and fetch his things away Mr fortny also mvd back again to cambridg indianna or perhaps all the way back to ohio
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