Mis119TN-X

TENNESSEE, MISC

October the 26, 1874

Written to Stephen Draper

Dear cosin

Murphysboro, Ill.

It is with pleasure that I seat my self down to drop you a few lines to inform you that we are

all well and hope when these few lines come to hand they may find you all well Well Stephen

Father got home safe and Sound we have got our apples geathered we had a tollerable good

we had something like 250 hushels and we have made our sider and if you will come up here

we will have a fine time a drinking sider Bengeman Harris got home last night from tennessee

and reports heard times there Well Stephen I and ANTHONY has bin geathering corn today and

it is the litest corn that I ever had erything to do with in my life. I dont know whether it will

keep our Stock from diing or not Stephen I want you to come to see us and I waunt you to

tell Dan and Jack to come with you Well I must close for this time for my lamp is a bout to go

Out and I have'nt got no more oil so you pleas excuse bad Spelling and writing and short letter

come and see us I still remain your cosin untill death.

P. Pate

Aunt SENERIH BRADLEY is not got well of her hart yet but she is up and going around yet tell

uncle PHILLIP that I Johnson triel that was in Court when he was up here he Come clere

tell uncle PHILLIP I have got my buggy done and it shines like a bran nue hat

P. Pate