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| [about March 12th,
1859- Greenville] Dear
Bobby [bro. George Peters]
I
think you have been on a bender for
sometime[.] almost a year ago I received
a very short letter from you. You was in
a great hurry[.] it was town meeting tim
and as soon as it was over you would
write me. I guess town meeting is over by
this tim[.] but dont fret the cattle[.]
in the first place what has become of
That mortgate - is it paid, out leased
and is the farm worth redeeming[?] and
how much money have you saved from the
farm fund I left and if any can you have
it collected by the first of July or
August[?] if so write me this onse[.] I
will pull of my hat and make you a bow
when I come home and if I am not do any
better I will have to get you to send me
money to get home with[.] I would like
you to have it collected for if I come
home[.] I am afraid I cannot get back
agan unless I can get some money thare.
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Letter generously
contributed & transcribed by Pat
Belanger
Original letter located at Archives Room,
Monroe
County Historical Museum
126 South Monroe Street Monroe, Michigan
48161 Note:
Bracketed [ ] items indicate a change
added for clarity. Please note also that
some portions of the transciption which
were confusing or were seemingly missing
portions of the text, are accurate to the
original letters and brackets have not
been used as the correct interpretation
was either obvious, or converse. In
places where the original text was too
ambiguous, no changes were made.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES -
Compiled by
P. Davidson-Peters (2005)
(Any errors are therefore the result of
my own deficiencies and interpretations).
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| JOHN
PETERS - author of the letter,
John was born in Harpersfield, Delaware
Co., New York on 16 Dec 1823, the son of
Richard & Polly (Wilcox). He caught
the gold fever and went to California in
1852 but returned to Petersburg in 1862.
He married Ellen Burnham in 1864, and
after her death in 1876, he and his
daughters Mary and Ellen moved to Toledo
where the girls attended Oberlin College.
John died in Toledo, Ohio on 02 Oct 1920
but was buried in the Old Petersburg
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| GEORGE PETERS
- oldest child of Richard & Polly
(Wilcox) and brother of John, George was
born 21 Sep 1822 in Hapersfield, Delaware
Co., New York. In 1845 he married to Mary
Jane (Holmes) who is also mentioned in
these letters. George died 11 Jan 1912 in
Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan. (See
the letter following this in
which he addresses George once again). |
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Placerville, California
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