i drop
you thes few lines i hope you and all
of your family are enjoying the blesing
of helth and my love to them all
i am quit well and soe is my fam
ily [ at prezen] and thay send thear love to all
i like the country Right wel and
i find it Better than i exspected
and the wether is quit plesant and
comforttable and we need our warm
clothing here as well as we did in the
states my helth has bin quite Bad
and i have Bin quit sick ofton and on
But thank god my helth is Better we have
great meny and diffrent kinds of vetgable
grooes here Eudoos and [unclear: Cassavdoes] swet
pototoe and [unclear: plantin banneanna] and some
times rice and corn these ar our breadstuf
and we have beans and peas [ cabbag] grens [unclear: rowpar] ocra
we can rais [unclear: cowever] and sevrel kindes of veg
talle Frouits of all kinds grooes here too
fine apples gaugeous cheeres and oranges
lemmon meat is hard to get her i did
not get eny grocers ataul but 2 Barrel of
flooer if you Pleas to send me too Barels
of pork one bar[ r] el of fish one barrel of
of suggar and box of soap and a keg of
Butter and too Barrel of flooer and i than
k you if you [ [illeg.]] pleas to me some
calicoes and gengeams and some [ [illeg.]] stuf
to mak my Boys some clothes as