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Elizabeth Watson to James Watson, October 29, 1861
No full textIn this letter of October 29, 1861, Elizabeth Watson writes to James Watson decsribing local conditions, including prices for corn and salt and giving details of family members and local people, including news that one has died.Oct 29 1861
North carolina Jackson Co
Dear friend and husband
it is with grate pleasure that i rite
to you to let you now that mea and my
children is well hoping these few lins
will find you in good health I have
Just red the leter that you sent mea
and was glad to her that you was alive
But you did not say whether you was well or
not But I hope you was I have red 4
leters from you and has rot you 2 and
my dear I hant forgot you for i think of
you every hour in the day and would all
most give up my life if you could bea
back at home to stay with mea and your
children for Alexand talks about you a many
atime times in our county is hard for the
poor class of people for every thing is giting
so deer that tha cant By hardly a naughf
to gan [?] an salt is from nine to ten dollars
a sack her and every other thing is proportion
thier is good crops made in our county I
think corn can bea bought at 50 cts
all through the winter and now this people
is debard [?] of halling off thir meet I dont
now how wee will git our nessaryes
for money is scerce here I have got
all of our property yet I have not sold
eny of it yet and I think that I will
keep it for i cant sell it for its
worth only Bacon or Beef catle and
I hant got eny of that so turn over
your fathers folks is all well and giting
along very well allison is a working for mea
and epects to work 10 or 12 (?) days he has left
home and expects to marry before he gos
back he is a talking of coming to you but
I think it is all a Joke ¬¬¬________ [?] is making
a good crop of corn and is milking 2 cows
thar are increesing and doing well
franklin was up a bout a week a go and
tha was all well and franklin has a fine
son miss Mckiney is deed has Bin dead some
4 weeks thir has bin several deths in our
county and her dying words was pray for
mea S I Calhoun came clare of killing
crane thir is 3 company of volenteers
made up in macon county one starts
to day thir capt is Alfred Bell and
allen amons will start before long
wea have quite wram [sic] wither her
for this time of year and the most
rain i ere saw of afall wee have
had some frost But it hanet
done now inJury thir is good crops
made in hamburg but it is to warm
and wet to gether yet I hope ther
will Bea a chang of Wether for a litle
cooler Wither would Bea the Best and
perhaps would bea helther for you
my deer I wish I could see you
Wee could have a heep of good fun
look on nex page
hold on till I git a nother lamp for my
lite is Bad har I have got more talow
and now i will rite on I would like
to have your likness But the people
ses that I have got it with mea for
thae saz that Elizabeth hamton is a young
gim James Franklins helth is a Bout
like it was When you left John T
______ [?] folks is all well an ant fany
sed to send you howdy for her F..A. Hoopers
Funeral was preecht last sabath By Corn
From Henderson so I must come
to a close By saying that I hope I will
see you When your time is out so
fare well
To James Watson
Elizabth Watson
T.A. (?) Watson
J.F. (?) Watson
E. Hamton Watson
There is howdy for mea and all of
your children
her is your shoo strings if you a git the
Recommended from our members
[Letter from Hoyt F. Watson to D. Jack Davis, November 20, 1986]
No full textA letter from Hoyt F. Watson to D. Jack Davis about expressing interest in participating in the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, now known as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
J. Moody Watson Papers
No full textCorrespondence, including Watson family history material, memorial address book of Lewis F. Watson, and clippings
Diary of R McGregor Watson
No full textA retrospective account of settlement in the Gulf Country, on Gregory Downs Station south of Burketown, Queensland. R McGregor Watson was a member of the Queensland pioneering family who overlanded cattle from the South in the 1870s. The Watson family originally settled at Walwa Station, Upper Murray, Victoria
Nancy Dingham Watson Correspondence
No full textEntries include a typed letter of correspondence from children\u27s author Nancy Dingham Watson on Aldren A. Watson, Illustration & Design, Putney, Vermont, stationery with a red-inked print image of a train, in reply to the Maine State Library concerning her recent book When is Tomorrow? dedicated to her father and illustrated by her husband, and visits to Vinalhaven, Maine, prompted (in part) by a seasonal allergy to ragweed, with typed correspondence from Aldren Watson discussing his father-in-law\u27s delight on reading the book, a typographical error, notice of new farm book What Does A Begin With?, and a typed letter from the Maine State Library on receipt of her book gift for the Maine Author Collection
Watson, F A, VX41195
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/424369Surname: WATSON. Given Name(s) or Initials: F A. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX41195. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 18881.252232
Item: [2016.0049.56630] "Watson, F A, VX41195
Watson, F N, QX20874
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/424346Surname: WATSON. Given Name(s) or Initials: F N. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: QX20874. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 27515.252209
Item: [2016.0049.56607] "Watson, F N, QX20874
Watson, F W, VX37884
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/424364Surname: WATSON. Given Name(s) or Initials: F W. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX37884. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 15233.252227
Item: [2016.0049.56625] "Watson, F W, VX37884
Watson, C F, 401258
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/424280Surname: WATSON. Given Name(s) or Initials: C F. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 401258. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 44873.252143
Item: [2016.0049.56541] "Watson, C F, 401258
James F. Neumann Residence (Yoakum, Tex.)
No full textThe James F. Neumann residence (Yoakum, Texas, US) had a 25-bell automatic carillon installed in 2000 by Meeks, Watson, and Company (Georgetown, Ohio, US). The bells had previously been at Principia College (Elsah, Illinois, US-See AACF—USIL—Pr). James F. Neumann sold the residence in 2002, so the freestanding tower and bells were sold back to Meeks, Watson, and Company
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