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Thayer, Sarah E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post. (1870-02-01)

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Sarah B. and I that I would direct the same
 
Sarah B. and I that I would direct the same
 
to thy care as we have not heard where they
 
to thy care as we have not heard where they
are located for winter but suppose at [Sophie's] ^.^
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are located for [months] but suppose at [Sophie's] ^.^
 
I think of thee and thine very often and
 
I think of thee and thine very often and
 
as is the wont of the aged I ran over and
 
as is the wont of the aged I ran over and

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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 ^.^ His cleared land is only 20 or 30 acres ^.^ He find the cattle can be sustained on the wild grass and the hogs on the []