Dear Grandfather,
It is with filling of the most profound gratitude I seat myself to drop you a few lines to let you
know that I am well at present, hoping when these few lines come to hand they will find you all
well.  I have no news to write to you only that me and Mary is married.  My self married a girl
by the name of Powell, and Mary married a man by the name of Frix.  He is ( cant read) in this
country and the rest of the family started about two weeks ago the North part of the state and I
have not heard form them since they started,  so there is none of us here but me and Mary.  Well
the health of this country is good as far as I know about.  Times is hard in this country, though,
the people has plenty to eat.  Corn is worth .10 cents per pound, flour is worth $10.00 per bbl
in market, coffee is worth from 28 to 30 cents per pound, sugar is worth 11 cents per pound.
Well that is all that I can tell you about that.  I will try to tell you something about the condition of
this country  There are 13 counties of this state under martial law, but it ain't in this county,  but
we are surrounded with them and I am in before that (cant read) Well I have no more country
news to write.  I want you to write to me as soon as you get this and let me know the news in
the country, for times is so unsettled here that I want to here that hear from that country.  Now I
have nothing more that would interest you, so I will close for this time.
Write soon.

Henry O'Neal and Elen O'Neal
(To Marshall McGraw, Camden SC. From His grandson, Henry O'Neal, Hempstead Co., Ark.)

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