Author: Sarah Draper
Title: Letter to Unknown in Butternuts
Date: 29 October 1821
Curator: Christine Fisher
Note:
Butternuts
October 29, 1821
[this letter is missing some pieces]
Affe…I am permited one more opportunity to…to you to let you know that…mercy of God our unprofitable liv… now and I hope that these lines will…your family all well. Last night we had a verry hard thunder shower and Ebenezer was ought in it he was a walking a long the road and a flash of lightning blinded him so that he got ought of the road and fell on to a sharpe stump and cut his under lip clear thru and it is a great wonder to me that it had not a kild him but I am in hopse that it will soon git well a gain. October the 7 we had a daughter born and it was as poor a child as ever I see and it apeard to be…we had not mutch idea of it living but…well now and grose as fast as enny ….not what a day may bring forth …ought to be willilng to trust my…in the hands of God for I believe he…for I never found him to be a baron …to my sole when I put my trust in him. I received your letter on Friday 21 of September. Uncle Edward and Olive got hear the 30 …you do not know how glad I was to see them and to from you all and to hear that you was all in the land living..to see you more then I can express but…the Lord only knows but I hope by …we shall all be permited to…of time I believe if we do it…meeting dear Sister if you ever pray …that I might be willing that the will of the Lord should be done. I have not heard one word from farthers folks sens uncle Edward went from hear. It is 3 [unclear] weaks to day sens my babe was born and I think I have not enjoyd my health so well in a year as I do now. O what a blessing health is. I do not know of enny thing more of importance to wright. Pleas to remember me to your husband and to all inquiring frends. We call our babe Hannah Parmer.
Sarah Draper