This letter written to Samuel Spangler by his son Solomon.

Solomon was an uncle of Lillie Adaline Spangler whose long letter I posted earlier.

Jack Spangler
Ellicott City, MD

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October the 26th 1848 Kannawha

   Dier father moth brothers and sisters.  This evening with plesure I do embrace the opertunity of

wrighting to you that I am in goode helth hoping that thes pfu lins shold reach your hand it may

find you all enjoying the saim stat of helth also. We had a very plesant jurney and arived here on

fridey the 29th of Sept I hav set in with Mr Samyel Altic the secent day of this month to work a year

at the blacksmith traide and gets one hundred dollars for the yeair and my washing in and my courtin

shoes also my fir is good and I am very well satesfide with my hom so fere. Creed Sowers is working

with William Mores Scafling  (?) for well boering he gets twelv Dollars pur month. he lives four miles

below me  he is very well last WednesDay and well satisfide and I think he has groed sins he has bin

heare right much. He sends his complyments to you all and he ses he laments the los of his old fiend

Harvey Spangler very mutch and wishes that he had him hear he would be beter satsfide  giv him my

comply ments also tell him to remember the Caroliner trip that we had took and that if he was hear
with us that we would hav mutch of the same pleasure if not moer plesure than we had then
   I would be glad to no how you all come out a bought that wagon that was on hand when it was

finished in time for you to make your trip or not
   I shud procede further on my jurney the      ?     the plesure that I have had in this little jurney

entices me to go further on to the west I hav had my helth has bin very good ever sins I left and

you need not listen to flying news a bought sickness for thar is not bin no caces of daingerous

disese sins I have bin heir nor is not  Down  in the river so fair as i can heir.
    Flem Spangler and famley sends his comply ments to you all they are all well except him and he

has had his hand very badly mashed by the augor

A pfu lins to John N. Woods

tell him that i hav bin to Robert Woods and he and his famely is well all well John Grifey's famely is all

well but the old lady and she has bin in a Dalarious way for sum time  he wanted me to let him now how

the blacksmith business is out heir he could get from a Dolar and a half pur day and not have to work

moer than half the day and his sun ses that he would be a grait del betor heir and they would be glad

to sea him out heir and from what little i have seen would supose he would be as well if not betor out

heir than in thair.
  Bacon is worth from 6 to 7 cents pur lbs corn pur bushel 50 cts in the licks in the country 40 cts flower

pur bairel $5.00 to 6
Excuse me for not wrighting sooner
  Direct your leter to post office Kannawha I shall expect a letor as soon as it can pass from thare heir

as tinme is short I shal conclud my letor so nothing more at presant but remain your effectnate sun until

deth

Soloman Spangler

   PS Direct your letor
     to Shrisbury
     Kan Co Va