Personal letter Amy Nesbett to family

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Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI

Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI

Name/Title

Personal letter Amy Nesbett to family

Entry/Object ID

2000.FIC.030

Scope and Content

Letter from Amy Nesbett to Aldrich. Paid 3 Aaron Aldrich North Dover Cuyahoga County Ohio Rawsonville Jan 3 Page 2 Dear Father Mother Brothers & Sisters [Parents: Aaron and Elizabeth Winsor Aldrich] I am almost homesick to come down ther but the wether is so bad – know I canont I looking for some of you to come every team I see the roads are HORIBLE mudy you must come to the conclusion to write directly there is as much travel here now as there used to be between Rocky River & Cleveland there is a great deal of fresh pork brought to the Station it is $6.50 since I was there I have spun & enough for 20 yards of flannel and 7 yds of Satinette & dried apples enough for thirteen bushels have got my of cloth made up my work well done up except black for myself I have two Calico dresses 1 alpacca dress 1 flannel dress & have colord over over my old yellow dress and have got to make it lower[?] I have colerd that hard twisted yarn ame going to knit some socks to sell Mr. Alden Thomsons Wifes daughter married as Mr Sheldon who lives a few miles from here Mrs Sheldon went to help Mrs Lines killing hog day and took her boy 4 years old with her when they had done the hog work Mrs. Sheldon told Mrs. Lines she would mop her blod if she would heat the water when hot Mrs Sheldon turned it in pail and stopped to get the mop when her own boy fell into the pail this occured about sunset the boy lived untill eleven the next day one man in this town became insane by Page 2 Spirit Ruffings last winter was sent to the insane Hospital in Columbus they pronounced him sane last summer and sent him home his idea was that all spirits were happy and he wanted to be a Secret[?] Spirit he hung himself two weeks ago Mr Nesbett preaches in Columbia every Sunday Mrs Watkins dried apples on shares so that I $5 to trade on and have got a due bill $1350 Now to my dear Nepheye Wiliam Aldrich you seam very dear to me I hope you get a good education and make a good use of it you can make yourself a likely man but no one else can make you so begin now to train your mind if you can write I shall go to the Post Office third Saturday in January for a letter little William don’t you disappoint me write if not but three word Robert is sick with a cold a diareah & I would fill this sheet full but must stop take care of Robert John is a great stout fellow he talks is as fat as his grandma this letter is to all my Friends Amy Nesbett

Collection

Early Family Papers: Aldrich

Dimensions

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9-3/4 in

Width

7-3/4 in

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Aldrich, William

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Aldrich, Aaron

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Sheldon, Mr.

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Sheldon, Mrs.

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Sines, Mrs.

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Thompson, Alden

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Watkins, Mrs.

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Nesbett, Amy

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Nesbett, John

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Nesbett, Mr.

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Nesbett, Robert