Mis117TN-X
TENNESSEE, MISC
Sunday, April 19, 1874
Written to
Stephen P. Draper
Dear Cosin
It is with pleasure that I seat My Self down to answer your kind letter
whitch came to hand in
due time I was glad to here
from you and to here that you was all well
it found us all well I
Have nothing of Mutch interest to write to you it has bin raining so mutch that the farmers
has not done mutch yet
there is some that is not done sowing oats yet Wheat looks the best
I ever seen at this time of the year I have 12 akers that is nearly nee hie and it is just as thick
as it can groe I think if it dose well it will bring me money a
nuff that I can come down there to
see you Wheat is worth 1-35
to 1-40 Corn is 40 to 50 cents hay is 12 to 15 poark worth 5
cents potatoes 1 to 2
dollars I dont thin the fruit is killed yet
I would have had onepeace of
corn planted if it hadent a rained so mutch Stephen I Wish you would corne up here and
go
with me a fishing and out to nigger church we have lots of fun with our heards
times it is
raining today and the branches is up an my boots has got holes in
and I cant get out today
I wish you was here to helpe me eat some of my meat and corn
bread we have lots of good
things to eat and if you will Come up we will divide with you while
you Stay tell Dan to take
good care of them babies and stay at home and dont rite to nobody
that is the way to do if
he wont write you write and tell us how he is getting long and tell
him to Come up here and
we will have some more Qysteres
tell that other big brother to write
tell him that I know he
is down there if he dont say nothing git rite up by him and tell
him Whats the matter and
Saughter stir him around for I am going to come down there Some of
these od come shorts
and I will find him Out You
must excuse bad Spelling writing and meanness write soon
So Good By For this Time I
Still Remain your Cosin untill death.
P.
Pate
Note from Geneva M. Ruble; July 1966:
All letters signed Perlemon Pate were written by Perlemon
Pate, Jr.,
b. 1849, d. 1904 in Illinois.