
ireceived I received
your kind letter some time ago iwas I was
truly glad to hear from you iwas I was
sick and am not well now itook I took
aheavy a heavy
cold had the Doctor Called once ihave I have
some Cough yet but go around the house and sit up the most of the time an and
inhopes in hopes
of going out in afew a few
days we got Bethuels Bethuel's
papers and your picture and sent all the
things overto over to
him we all see the picture and was very much pleased to see it Mary said
that is the man that saved our brother's life to one of our neighbours Mary and
David has gone to
Mrs Smith (Bethuel's Mother)
her brother, Halsey Smiths
avisiting a visiting
now they will go to their boat the last of the month he says he will try
and find you when he goes to philidelphia Philadelphia
perhaps you will see them both this summer Bethuels Bethuel's
youngest little boy has ben been
scalded with tea on his stomach they sent for the Doctor that is the last
we have heard that is akind a kind
hearted little boy and agood a good
child ilove I love
him you mail your letters right we live in the south west part of the town
if you should mail your letter Queensbury it would go to the north part avillage a village
bythe by the
name of the rider we dont don't
go there once ayear a year
i I
thank you for all your preasants presents
you sent me i I
read with intrest interest
and thought of our kind friend although far away perhaps we all may see eachother each other
yet our Children are anxious to see you the picture you sent Bethuel looks
some like my grandfather Deen that is my fathers father's
father if Harvy Allen and Sally should go to philadelphia Philadelphia
they will find you ishould I should
like to have your picture Bethuel has got the one you sent to his father
and me iwas I was
to Halsey Smith when irote I wrote
the other letter to you istayed I stayed
there sevral several
days they live about two miles from glensfalls Glens Falls
iwent I went
to meeting one Sunday evening and enjoyed my meting meeting
firstrate
there was 1 baptised and sevral several
more received in ful full
felowship fellowship
with the Church there has ben been
areformation a reformation
to glens falls Glens Falls
this winter irejoiced I rejoiced
to see it the evening iwas I was
there they sung old fashioned hymns and old tunes it seemed like old times
when iwas I was
young idont I dont
now know
as you can read my riting writing
but we feel anxious to hear from you and how you get along