| Madison County Letters©
- 19Dec1848 Copyright 2000 Fredi Perry In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data and images may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or for other presentation without express permission by the contributor(s) 1848 December 19 Whitewater Dear Cousin. I improve the present opportunity to answer your kind letter us at at the time we received yours we were both unable to write and Lavina is still My health has improved very much since their and lost summer it was better in menny respects than it had bin in years before But still I could not write as that seams to be the hardest thing I can do We had had considerable sickness during the past summer and fall pretty much every one has bin sick more or less I was taken sick in the fore part of October and have not intirely recovered my helth yet Father is just recovering from a severe attack of bilious colic Aurora has bin quite sick for 2 weaks But when I consider how menny of us has bin sick & some of us takeen veery sudden & widen I think we have evry reason to be thankful that we have got along so well and I think that Fathers helth Leaaving Aaron & my own are yearly improving so that we feal verry much incourgd We hav long & anxiously looked & waited to here some thing from Aunt Hulday till at last we are afraid to here though we supposed you would let us knowif any thing was the mater yet we thought if she had bin well she would hav ritten all want to hear from hur verrymuich We want to hear from your Mothers family and your uncle. Tell them we think some of them might make us a visit I presume you hav not bin east or at any rat you hav not cauled on us I hope you will not forget that on any account you gave us consiaderable information uspecting our close neighbours in your last We hope you will do so now to we want to know all about them Tell Mrs. Hagerty I want hur to right & I want to see hur I design sighting to hur soon Mr. Whitcom cauld on us afew days ago & I beleav he is the only one we have sean from your way since your Uncle caim out with Granmother & I think it quite to bad we are so far from all our folks that none of them cannot afford to come I hope you will right now Tell Mr. Bingomwe think he might send us a few lines as there can be no excuse for lawyer when they neglect wrighting They are so yoused to it it takes them no time & I think it would not take you & he much time to make us a visit Giv my lov to all the friends. Amanda Burt PS Cousin Martin has uneez taken an voige for his health ?? sail rount cape horn & be absent 18 months. Father Mother & the rest of the family wish to beremembow to you & Bingham & all the friends Abagil still walks with cruches she says she wants to sea your babe. Lavina says she hasnot forgotten the ?? she took with you and your moon lite stargaising. Amdeenthe wants your sisters & Leola should right to her you sey my hand pretty much out of practis & if you can pick it out it will do. Amanda |