Leter to Mary Embry



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  • Title Sutton, William, Letter from William Sutton to his niece Mary Embry, Recipient: Embry, Mary Elizabeth, Author Address: Nevada County, AR (13 Oct 1894) 
    Short Title Leter to Mary Embry 
    Repository Leslie Price 
    Source ID S98 
    Text Transcription of letter: SUTTON William to EMBRY Mary 13 Oct 1894
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    Sutton Post Office
    Nevada Co Ark
    October the 13, 1894

    Dear niece (?) I seat my self to drop you a few lines to let you all no that I reseaved yor kind and welcom letter and was glad to hear from you all. This leaves us all well and hope you the same. I was sorow to hear that yor father and mother was dead. You wanted me to com and stay with you childern. I can't com I am married. You com hear and I will help you all I can if you want to com write and tell me. Well Mary you sead you stede at washington five weeks I live 12 miles east of hope why is the reson that you all did not com by. Well I will not rite much this time. Mary if you all will come write soon tell me whair _ant is tell _____ Sutton to rite. You sead that thair was lots of Marshal County Popes thir do I no them or do tha no me if tha do write hoo tha ar write soon directe yor letter to Sutton Nevada Co Ark
    W M Sutton

    *** transcribed 23 Jul 2006 by Leslie Price
    handwriting is difficult to decipher, spelling and grammar indicates a fairly low level of literacy, and punctuation in the original is simply non-existent - all punctuation in this transcription was inserted by me to facilitate reading 
    Linked to Mary Elizabeth Embry 

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