Letter from Ebert Smith to his sister Hannah Thacher, February 28, 1863.
Creator
Smith, Ebert
Subject
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History;United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
Chatty letter to Hannah and on the reverse side a letter to J.V Thacher describing the area of Suffolk, Virginia.
Date.Original
1863-02-28
Rights
Item is in the public domain.
Publisher
Scranton Public Library
Physical Dimensions
23.6 x 18.3 cm
Coverage.Temporal
1860-1869
Type
Text
Source
Anthracite Heritage Museum
Transcript
Feb 28, 1863
Suffolk Feb 23, 63
Dear Sister
I now take my peen in hand to answer your letter and let you now that I am well and hope this will find you the same.
I was glad to here that your helth is improving and that the rest of the folks is all well. I here from Thirsten and Alfred every weeak I suppose that our folks is full of business this winter. I here that William augustast Smiths wife is acting as nurse for them. I should like to see Mancy and the litle boys about as well as any body that I now of I suppose that they get along the same as the awlways did and that is not any to well. I dont now as thare is any thing new agoing on here only we are geting new Guns. They are rifles and probaly are beter than the ones we had first we are in hopes we never shal have to use them but we may have to if the war keeps on. They are enlisting nigers now. I hope that they will make them fite and free them selves. Jermiah is geting beter very slow. I dont now of any thing more to write to you now sow I will close my scribling. Tell Louisa to write me no more at present.
E. Smith to Hannah Thacher
Mr. J. V. Thacher
I have been writing a litle to Hannah and I thought I would write you a few lines to. We are in this degraded place yet caled Suffolk. The country around looek disolate and un cultivated you can travel through the country and you will one hundred acres cleared and five of woods it looks fit for nigers and nothing els. They have now hay here nothing but cornstalks and they are twenty dollars a tun. Their reams are eather a yerling bull or a cow harnest in to a two whele wagon or a ould hors. I have never seen two horses to geather or two bulls that belong to a farmer. What women and girls thare is here is good looking especaly Liya. I would like for you to come down and sea the country. There has been one of the hardest storms I ever seen rain and snow. Now more at present write soon.
E Smith to J V Thacher
