Mis114TN-X
TENNESSEE, MISC
Feb. 21, 1858
Smith County Tenn.
Written to
P. W. Draper, Esq.
(Phillip White Draper, b. 8 Dec. 1806)
Dear Cosin
I received your
letter on yesterday which I developed with to learn how you all were to and
behold you only
wrote on one side. It affords me much
pleasure to get a few lines from my
friends. We are all well at present and have been
generaly. The health of the country has
not been good
this winter. Tiafoid and Scarlet Fevers
have proven fatal in a great many
cases. Though
none of your friends have been sick lately Gesy Law has returned from Indiana
You wrote to
know something about how much you would owe the estate of your Father.
I have not seen
Hogg though I will I can tell you this much he is demanding the gold of
other debtors
to the same. There has been a stir for the same. I doe not think it fare by
any means.
There was no spescribed contract for gold when the property was sold. now
they have to
give 3 per cent for it to pay debts that were contracted when times were
flourishing at
a high mark Times have been prety oppressive though they appear a little
better from the fact there is money comeing in from Tobaco sales. I rec. a letter from
CALLEP PATE to
day . writes to L. Carter who sais he and family are well he also sais
he has five
children alive one dead and one on the way, he (CALLIP) sais that he would
nearly give all
he porceses to see all of his brothers and sisters once more in this life.
he solisets
Carter to come to see him very much. he sais in his letter that he herd that
JERRY PATE was dead who died about the 7th of
January last. this leaves only him
and PEYTON
PATE alive in that
country he sais he is following his trade house carpenter
and cabinet
workman. I wrote this for the
satisfaction of cosin BETSY & you. Since that
scamp was sent
to the Penitentia your fathers land has been transfered to Leaiton F. Williams
the other place
that Peler first bought to Benjamon S. Carmack. It seems that place goes the
rounds fast of
late. Jack has got back to his old home.
PARASIDA PATE went down to Obion County
last December to stay awhile with her daughter
or daughters. She has tow there now or
in Fulton County. It just suits him so sais BEAMEN
he complains of her very much for taking
these trips. Give my respects to your wife and
children to L. Law & etc. We have more hard weather now for a day or
so than we have
had this winter. Corn & Tobaco were more injured by the
early frost than last season On
the ridges. I am told there corn is not
fit for bread. The most of it spoils before they get
home from the mill with it. Wheat is
only worth 5O cents per bushel Corn 25 to 3O cents
per bushel; very low. But money, it is
worth 3 per cent Premium. The worthless
trash is
worth nothing. What I mean is bank
paper. It is not astonishing at all that I am a Democrat.
I am one of the stinking sort of
Democrats as a woman said to me not long sinse. I told her
that they all stunk that were informed
on the subject That is enough of such as it is
No more but remain your friend
L.D.
Pate
NOTE BY JINKS PATE LEE; 2 Jan 2002
Jerry (Jeremiah), Peyton, Callep (Caleb)
& Betsy Draper are brothers & sister
Jeremiah Pate is buried in the Old
Pioneer Cemetery in Washington, Hempstead Co, AR
L D (Lawson Draper) Pate is son of
Edward Pate md Lucy Draper