| This letter is
from Florence to Etta from McDade Texas post marked Oct. 18, 1891 to
Jester Pr, Greer County Texas, now Oklahoma.
This letter has
been copied and pasted without any corrections to keep it original. |
| Dear Sister
I will try to answer your letter which I received last night Etta I was so glad to hear from you well Etta this is a Sunday evening do day was meting day but it was so cool I did not go the children did not have nothing but love to wear. Etta Bily Montgomery is here today he has been to see us twice since you all left well Etta I am so tore up since wee have been fixin to move Etta it will soon be time to start we have one more Sunday it makes me feel bad when I think of leaving the old place but Etta it makes me glad to think of seeing you all. Well Etta I sold most of my things and nearly all of my things have been taken off. Etta it seems like wee are just staying here but not living well Etta I will have to quit and go and milk and finish after supper well Etta Clifton got up to the table where I left my letter and scratch it and Donnie's up so I don't know weather you can read it or not well I have ate so many gubers that I have got the cholic I eat so many every day that I have the cholic every night I am trying t eat them up before we leave wee cannot sell them. Etta I have got most of my work done but oh how I dread packing up. Etta I lost one (of) my ear bobs the other day and I haint had half sense since I hunted fore it one day and had to quit well I guess I won't need them up there not how. Etta Charley Bagget and Hattie is going to live here next year. Etta Floy went with Wilson to get water the other day and when she come back (she) wanted me to go over to your old place she said she saw the doors open and a little girl that looked like Claudy and she bet Aunt Etta had come back tell Claudy and Mony that Floy them and Clifton can play with there little red wagon when they get there wee are going to bring it with us well Etta we got a letter from Ma and Pa is trying to get us to come where they live where wee could get good water but I guess we will come where you all live. I don’t know I may come on the train if I do I will come to Pa’s and stay until Wilson gets there well Etta I guess I will have to quit on account of paper being scarce Etta kiss that little name sake for me and tell Claudy and Monnie that Aunt wishes she could see them tell Monnie She had better hurry and learn how to talk or Grace will beat her . Write soon as you get this So good bye. Florence Etta I will write to you while wee are on the road as often as I can I know you know something about what a time wee will have on the road but I am going to stand it the best I can Etta if you could see Mary Jane you would feel sorry for her she is taking it awful hard too wee want to get there in 4 weeks if wee can.
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| Submitter-Ann Montalbano Wooten |