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Piedmont


august the 26 1880


My ever Dear Sister


            I received yours and ed


letter a few minets ago and hast


to reply but I am to nervis to


right this morning for I am So


mad to think that ed new our


condition when he left home


and I thought he went to try


to help u and he has never sent


me a sent yet. Now geet, I want


you to tel eddie that I say he


has to come home or go to work


and you tel the man that he


works for not to pay his wages


to him. If he dos I will make


him pay it over to me for I


am not going to put up with


him any longer.  Het and chart


[p. 2]


has to give all they make to us


and het is a man. Tel ed if


he could just ^see het and how


he works and he has to come home


and I can get him something


to do here now. I am not fooling


about it. I am so sorrow  to hear


you are sick and wish I was


cloce to you so I could help


you but wee are in such a


poore condition at this time that


I cant come. Mr. thomas is better


now but was very sick all


last weak. Is going some where


next weak to make something.


I could not tel you how I


have had it in the last three


years but my health is right


good only I am weak this sum


mer but I have so much truble


[p. 3]


that it keeps me weak. For ed


cases me a great deel of truble


and will never right to me any


more but he is his one man but


ed is not and I want him


to come right home and I find


Something for him to do. Their


is plenty of here that he can


get to do. If he has any money


coming to him pleas tel mr


fry to pleas see that he gets


it and send him home. If


he don’t come I will walk


down their and see about


him for I am allmost crasy


now and cant wait til


I here from you again. I


will thank you to right to


me about him  Geet if I could


get you one of the girls I would


send one of them to help you.


I will come if I can but if


mr. thomas gose I cant come. I


[p. 4]


move up their to live if I


could get their but if I


would part with what wee


have I am afraid I could not


get any more. Perhaps mr. thomas


will get in to something soon


that he can do better. If he dos


I am coming to see you this fall.


I hope you will get better soon.


Take as good care of your self as you


can.  I will have to close for the


presant.  All join me in love to you


all. Right very soon. As ever your


devoted sister. Right soon.


                                    Molley M. Thomas


Dear son I received your letter


and was glad to hear from you


but sorrow that you had no


money to send me. If you new


how bad I needed money last


weak you would work and try


and send us something. Now I want


you to get your money if you


[letter incomplete]


[p. 5]


                                                                                                            April the 21


                                                                                                                        1884


                                 Veweretion                              


            Dear Jiney i recken you tho


raugt that i had forgoten you


i hve not.  It has bin so long sence


i rote to you. I am ashame of my


selfe but you must excuse me this


time and i will do better in the


futer.  I am in tolerbel helth at


this time. Susan is not well


at this time She has not bin well


this winter. I hope when you get


this it may finde you and famely


in good helth and Doing well. It


has bin the werst spring for wet


and cold i ever seen and thare has


bin a grate del of sicknes and a grate


many deaths in ouer naberhood. It


is some helther now. Jiney i have


not bin to bridgwater for a yeare.


I am going down i a few weake. Tha


are all wel at this time. Times are


hard here. At thise time every thing


is scarce and high corne is from


seventy to 80 cents per bushel and very


scarse. Wheat i plenty at one dollar


per bushel. Jiney i think if


nothing hapens i will come to


see you this fall if i am spared


but i cannot tell what may


hapen. I wold be the gladest to see


you al but gods will be Done.


I am trusting in him. He nowse


best if i live til the twenty secken


day of june. I will be seventy eight


yeares old. Let us try to get to


heven whare parting will be no more


for ever more. Jiney you and mr


frye come to see me and bring


the childre wih you. Me and susan


want to see you and talk with


you and mr. Frye. Jiney rite as soon


as you get this and let me no how


you ^ all are now. Don’t make it so long.


I want to heare from you. Rite


to me if you no whare mary is.


Sende me her address.  Susan joines


me in love to you and [strikethrough illegible]


[p. 6]


wishing you all the good luck.


Excuse my bad righting my hand


trembles so i cant scarcley rite


no more at this time but remane


yore loving father


A. F. Hatfield


       to


Jiney Frye


[p. 7]


                        Mckeesport Pa


                            Oct the 30 1884


            Dear Sister


                  After a long delay


I have at last taken my Seat


to ancer your kind and welcome


letter that I received So long


ago and thought I would


ancer it right away but mr


thomas Sent for me to move and


I had So much to do.  Then I


could not and I thought I would


right as Soon as I got moved.


So after I got her I was taken


Sick and could not have. I


am better and I will right


and let you know whear


I am. I in mckeesport living


in a brick house with five


[p. 8]


large rooms in it and have


ever thing very nice. Mr. thomas


was here a year before I came


and ^had ever thing nice for us


when wee got here. I hated


to leave P. very much but


mr. thomas could not get along


their and here he has plenty


to do and is getting along fine


and I must tel you that I


have it good for the girls dose


all the work. I don’t do nothing


but Sew. I have quilted three


quilts since I have bin here


This is a large city and a


very pretty place but the people


are So Strange to us yet I have


had severle calls. Have not


bin out much yet I see So


much and hear So much that


I dont care for going out. Their


is so much going on here no


[p. 9]


one can get lonesom. I wish


you could come to see me.


I gess it wont be so lively after


the election. The democrats have


a big turn out here to night.


Well I must tel you the  tube


tube works i right in front


of our house and they work


too thousand hands in it.


Ed and charley work their.


Ed bords at home. Is quite a


differant boy to what he


uste to be. Hurston and his


wife was at home. Stade six


weaks. Is working about five


miles from here and is bording


yet is going to housekeeping


soon. Well you wanted to know


when you should meet me.


I cant come this winter but


if I live til spring I am coming


[p. 10]


                                                            [? ]    [?]               


 


                                                              [?]


and then I can stay as long


as I want to and then I am


going up to see pappy if he


is living yet. Do you ever


hear from him. Right to me


as soon as you get this and


let me know if he is living


yet.  I am going to have my pictur


taken soon and send you


one by the next time I right.


My famley are all most grone


up and I have but very few


gray hairs in my head. I have


taken too trips on the steam


boat since I have bin here. They


are landing here all  the  thime.


Wee live 14 miles from pitsburg.


We pay 18 dollars a month rent.


Ever thing is right cheap but rent.


[p. 11]


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Bridgewater Rockingham Co


                                                                        Ap 29th  188[6?]


Dear sister & Brother


                                         I take pleasure


in writing to you after so long a delay.


I feel asshame of not writing sooner.


We often talk of writing when I first


got home but something would come


in the way up to this time I though


of writing Last sunday when company


came in so to day I thought I [missing]


try and let you hear frome our


We ar well. A usel have some colds.


When I Reach home I suffered


very much with a misery in my


head for severl weeks.  I think I


must of taking cold.  I hope when


this reaches you it will find you


all well. I seen coot Fry. She was


[p. 12]


glad to hear from you and all


the folks that new you, sister.


Bet sed she was going to write


to you. I havent hered from sister


Jane since I have bin home.  I hered


that mrs. scott had bin very sick.


I wanted to go down to see them


but I reckon I wont get down


as I am very bisey to get redy


to go back to columbus. I think


[missing]ing back abut the 8th or 10th


of May so it will keep me buisey


to get redy. My folks ar not going


withe me as we cant sell our


property. They think it better to


stay and take care of the property


as renters never take care of


property as you would your self.


Old aunt salley williamson dyed


[p. 13]


                        Mr. P. M. D. Hatfield


                                    Bridgewater Va


since I have bin home with


olde age. Ther is some cases of


measels in town. Other ways  the


health is very good. The most


we have to contend with is hard


times. I have never seen sutch times


in bridgewater in my life in


the way of money maters.  We have


plenty of ever think to live on


but know money hardly to get


 it with. I want  to go when I can


get money for my work. I dont


think I can stop off to see you all


as I will get a ticket [missing]


cant stop off. I would like


very much to stop to see you.


I want you to write to me as soon


as you get this so I can hear


from you before I start west. We


wrote to sister Mary and have


hered from her. They was all


well. I also wrote to brother


[p. 14]


  Mr. P.M. D. Hatfield


hirriam and hered from him


and famley. They was all well


exsept his wife. She is still


in bad health. I think from what


he writs they are doing very well.


When you write let me hear how


you like your new home and


how you ar geting a long with


yor spring work. I guess you


ar redy to plant corn by this


time. I have my garden redy to plant.


Have all of my potatoes planted and


peas up. Wheat is looking well with


[missing] thing is looking nice considering


a cold spring up to the last fiew


days.  I will give you hirriams address


Ligon Bartow county Ga


I wrote and give him yor address after I


got home. Give the children my best


wishes and to be good boys and girls


Love from all to all


  Yors ever – P.M. D. Hatfield


[illegible note written across pages 13 and 14]


[p. 15]


                        [upside down]


you direct yor letter to


columbus Ohio


no 39 Rich street


in car of Mrs. M.I. Place


 


                                                Columbus Ohio


                                                     July 1st 1888


Dear Sister & Brother


                                        I take


pleasure this butiful Sunday


nigh in writing to you after


so long delay. I have bin thinking


of writing every since I have bin


out her – but something would


come in the way so this eving


I though I would let you hear


from me once more. This leaves


me well and harty.  I hered


from home.  Last week they


ware all well. No news exsept


Willey Lindsey died last monday


the twenty  25th fifth. The second son


of Jacob Lindsey. And they have


a good seasen as I guess you have.


[p. 16]


I left home on Thursday the


24th of May and would have


liked to stop off and sean


you all, but as I dident get


started as soon as I counted


on and the ticket I got I


couldent stop off. I come out


on nine dollars and seventy


five cents. The reasent I dident


get started sooner was on the


count of so much rain I couldent


get threw with my work I


had to do at home. When I


got to Harpers Fery I took the


rong train one ging by the


way of Parkersburg.  I stop[ed?]


off at cumberland for the


nex train and that one


was going to columbus but


was ging by the way of pitts=


burg. The conducter sed I could


[p. 17]


go on that train as


well as wait for the nex train


as I would get to columbus


as soon as to waid for the


nex train, so I went over the


same road I came home


threw MCKeesport saw Mary


house but couldent see any


of them and dident see


any one I new at the depot


so I went on with out leaving


any word as I couldent stop


off. If I had it would have


cost me six dollars and


fifty cents more. I could hardly


think of pasing by and not


stoping to see them when I


was in site of there house


but we cant do as wee would


Like to do at all times so when


I reach columbus I wrote to


Mary and told her that I past


[p. 18]


by and couldent stop to see


her. When I wrote to you I


dont know wheather I wrote


Herriams  Last address or


not.  if you haven’t hered from


him yet since I was to see


you, you direct yor Letter


to Ligon, Bartow county, ga


We got a letter from him a short


time be fore I Left home and


I hve fergoten wheather I give


you his Last address or not.


Now I want you and brother


Fry to write to me as soon


as you can and Let me know


how you ar get a long. Tell


the childring I would like


to se them all. I wrote to Mary to go


to see Mat & Ida to go by and take you


a long this summer.  love to all


 from yor Brother P.M. D. Hatfield


[p. 19]


                                    McKeesport Pa


                                    Dec the 1889


            Dear Sister and famley


This is Sunday night and I am


so lonly and I will try and


right to you. Wee received your


kind letter and was so glad


to hear from you but so


sorrow to hear from you was


all sick. Hope you are all


well again. Well I can tel


you wee are not all well.


Blanche and anna was


both sick and the docter


tending them last week


but are both better now.


Blanch has not bin out


yet. Anna was up home


to day but is not well


[p. 20]



and I am affraid She never


will be. She takes it so


hard about her pa. Wee


could hardly keep her A


live the morning he died.


Oh geet it is so hard to


think he cant come in


any more. This will be A



sad christmas to us. Wee


was going to send the


chirldren all something but


have to much truble but


will send them something


some of these day. Tel them


I hope they will have


A nice time but wee


have so much truble I


dont know what to do.


Geet I wish I had not


kiss all the chirldren for me


[p. 21]


gone away this summer


and stade so long from


him. He was so proud when


I got home. I was not home


A month when he died.


They had A letter from


angie while I was gone


She said john had lost


their daughter lillie. I guess


you have herd it before


this. I had a letter from


mack and one from bet.


They are all well but


will has come home and


his hand is so bad that


bet dont know if she


can go to see you or not.


She said annie had A


letter from cora and jane


is better. Henry is over


their with them I hope


he will get well and come


[p. 22]


see us. Oh if I could only


see you and have a talk


with you I could feel better.


I did not have much time


to talk to my dear old


man after I got home as


he was taken sick so soon.


Anna rote to me when I


was in Piedmont that pa


was looking so bad but


I thought she just wanted


me to come home and then


he rote to me while I was


at hets to hury home so


I went home as soon as I


could and I saw he was


failing as soon as I saw


him but did not think


he would go so soon but


oh he is gone and I cant


get over it. Well I will


close for this time as it is


geting late. Wee have three


[Written vertically at top of pages 19 and 20]


borders and


will have


to do the best


wee can.


Charley will


stay with


me. He is A


good boy. Wee


will not


move til


Spring.  I


dont know


where


wee will


move to.


Rent is


so hy here.


I would


come up


the vally


if charley


had any


thing to


do but


I will


have to


stay here


a while


and then


mavy


I will


come.


All join


me in


love as


ever your


loving


Sister


Mary M


Thomas


right soon


 [p. 23]


Bridgewater Pa


Nov 17th. 1890.


Dear Sister


                        I will try to right


to answer your kind and welcom


letter whitch I received sume


time ago and was so glad to


hear from you againe. Your letter


found me well but Annie is not


well. She was real sick to day


an both of the boys are at home


with me know. Willie hand is


sume better but not well yet.


We thought that it wold hafto


come of but I think that we


can saive it yet for him. Brother


is well know and Geet I have


bucherd but I can not tell you


when I will get to come to see


you for both of the boys bing


[p. 24]


at home now will keep me from


coming this winter  Brother he


pays me twelve dollers a mount


forde but he talk of leaving after


Christmas and Willie takes of


taking a telegraph office in


Staunton. He is lurning to be


and Operator becous he has only


one hand and if bouth of the


boys do leave me you may look


Annie and I but I expect


that you will wish that I


had not come for I entend


to give you a long stay. Get


all the work you can and I


will help you if Coot comes


allong she is only going to stay


a cuple of day ore so and she


said to tell you that she ante


puled her breath yet and


Geet thear is no news to write.


Thear has bin no death but


Old Uncle Bob Haring and


[p. 25]


Old Aunt Mary Bunday colord


Bridgewater has bin verry helthy


for the last to years and I am


glad to hear that the girls are


well now and that you are


well. You must take good care


of your self. Mack is at Roanoke


City now. We have not heard


from Jaine for sume time


and I have sow so mutch for


other peple that I have not


dun my sowing yet. I got Annie’s


winter close last week. Tell Sudie


annie sends her a peice of her


wosterd dres and a pies of


her calaco to and tell Harry


that he must taik good care


of his pup and be sure


and not let it bit her when


she comes. Well I must close


for this time write sunr.


We all send our love to all


Ever your loving Sister Bettie


[p. 26]


PS pleas excuse this writing as


I cannot find a good pen.


                                                B


 


Annie dont get scaired at this


little peces but we have


not cut our casmer dresses


yet. When I come I will


bring you sume peces big


enuf to put in a crilt.


                        your little neice


                        Olive