
you think
strange of my not writing before
and it is strange i have not
but i have wrote to hannah and
George both and should have
written to you but was out of
ink and neglected to get any
till late in the evening so the time
went Jeffy is not at home he
went last week to springfeeld
Mas
to doo some leveling and
went again on monday morning
will get done this week we
have been real lonesome so
soon after poor Andrew s
death
but he had to go and matty goes
to bed half past eight oclock
so we
are quite lonely) i have got A
letter from George to day come
with yours
i was very glad
to hear from him very indeed
they have moved from Crab
Orchard to Camp Pittman
38 miles from Crab Orchard in
the direction of cumberlund gap
i will send the letter Walt
as soon as Jeffy comes home as i
think he will want to read
it he sent me 150 dollars
last week but i dident get
the letter till to day i was very
glad he sent it as i had much
to pay i dont think it was one
hour after i received it that
the undertaker came for his mony
i was rather surprised at his
presenting the bill so soon Jeffy
told him we wanted A little time
but i paid it) it was 52 dollars
every thing about it was conducted
with the utmost quietness and
respect with no bussell nor
confusion if i could have had
it any different i would have
preferd it just as it was i had
three carriages but there were
ten altogether Cornell
had two
one for nancy
and one for himself
and Andrews friends procured
the rest cornell and a leiutenant
behaved with great respect
altogether it was as far as respectability
is) well conducted
poor fellow it done him no good
i know but it was the last office
we could perform he was laid
out in A black frock coat
of Georges and vest and shirt
looked as if he was asleep i
never in all my life saw any
person look so beautifull with
his high forehead mary said he
looked too pretty to be put in
the ground after he died
Jefy went down to the undertaker Oaks
and he said he would come
up in an hour it was late in
the afternoon when he came
and i gave him the directions
he said it was so near night
that he would wait till evening
and bring the coffin and all up
and bring him around here
all [illegible]
i said well perhaps it would
be best) but in the mean time
some of nances acquaintences
came there and made a great
time said they would go and
get frank stryker
and have
him laid out he was laid on
the bed after he died the bed
was out in the room and covered
over so she came round with
a great adue so i got Jeffy
to go down again and he came
up and was brought round
and put in mrs brown s
room and the doors locked
only when some one came to
see him nancy dident behave
as i could have wished her
too the next morning she went
up to J Cornells and made
a great adieu said we had
taken him away from her and
so that evening cornell came
down here but in the mean
time i had the children here
2 days and her too after
he died) i happened to be upstairs
when cornell came
i told him we had no idea
of taking him away from her
and i said it was his wish to
be buried from here Jeffy
says she has been here all or
nearly all the time) he was buried
as near your father
as could
be got not far from it she said
if she could have buried him
she would have him buried
in greenwood
i paid little
attention to her fault finding
but done what i thought was
my duty little Jim is quite sick
i went to see him yesterday the
first time since poor Andrew
died i have to give her money
i gave her a dollar yesterday
she has been in the street almost
ever since Andrew died going
some where or other she says she
cant make any thing by sewing
Jeff or matty gave her 2 dollars
she got a notion of mooving and
keeping a candy store i told
her she better stay where she was
for the present if she could better
herself to move) so there let her go
Jeffie has got a letter from
hanna i sent the letter to georg
it was short but very good
she has received your letter and
Jeffys it made her feel very
sad about her brother but she
was in hopes she should come
home) i cant put much of Georges
mony in the bank this time i had
a very larg grocery bill to pay