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Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1870-02-01)
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over the same old tracks ^.^ I have lately had | over the same old tracks ^.^ I have lately had | ||
a letter from my grandson T W Collins who | a letter from my grandson T W Collins who | ||
| − | has gone to [] ^and^ taken a farm on the table | + | has gone to [Tenn] ^and^ taken a farm on the table |
| − | land of the Cumberland mountains 60 miles in circumference his farm | + | land of the Cumberland mountains 60 miles in circumference ^.^ his farm |
contains 200 acres (or more) and there is a | contains 200 acres (or more) and there is a | ||
fine stream or river running thru his land | fine stream or river running thru his land | ||
| − | capable of being used for mill purposes | + | capable of being used for mill purposes ^.^ |
my busy brain has been at work on a project | my busy brain has been at work on a project | ||
| − | for [ | + | for [Willy] Post to go there and set up a saw |
mill as he did at Colorado. There is good | mill as he did at Colorado. There is good | ||
timber there of all the different varieties ^.^ He's | timber there of all the different varieties ^.^ He's | ||
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Dear Amy Abby handed me her paper to add to Sarah B. and I that I would direct the same to thy care as we have not heard where they are located for [months] but suppose at [Sophie's] ^.^ I think of thee and thine very often and as is the wont of the aged I ran over and over the same old tracks ^.^ I have lately had a letter from my grandson T W Collins who has gone to [Tenn] ^and^ taken a farm on the table land of the Cumberland mountains 60 miles in circumference ^.^ his farm contains 200 acres (or more) and there is a fine stream or river running thru his land capable of being used for mill purposes ^.^ my busy brain has been at work on a project for [Willy] Post to go there and set up a saw mill as he did at Colorado. There is good timber there of all the different varieties ^.^ He's cleared land is only 20 or 30 acres ^.^ He find the cattle can be sustained on the wild grass and the hogs on the []