Letter from "Johnathan Skeen" to his son. August 25, 1846

Revised June 24, 1998.

Original letter digitized by 3g-grandson J. Dan Skean, Jr.
HTML text transcription by 3g-grandson Jonathan K. Skean, June 7, 1998.
Corrections suggested by Dan, June 8, 1998.
Fire damage to ms indicated by underscore characters (__).

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Russell County Virginia Reeds Valley

August the 25th 1846

Dear Son, I take this oppertunity To Inform you that
we all well Except my self I am Verry bad decrippled
not able scarcely to get about but I hope these Lines
will find you all well I have nothing verry
strange to write to you Crops of corn is Tolerable
good I have six or seven acres of corn in and the
most of it is verry good I want to move down to
your country this fall and I want you & the boys to
come if you can about the first of November
& help me for it is impossible for me to get
the___without help and I will against that time
l_______y corn gathered and my buisiness
____________this country and I want you to write
to________s soon as you receive this letter how you
able____be coming on and how times is there
& whether you can help me move or not so
as I may know what to depend upon You wrote to
me that you wanted Caty to come to stay with
your wife but Abslom could not come with
her he had hired to work such a length of time
with Archer Jessee I want you to write whether you could get
me a place that I could raise a little something on
to sustain animal life So no more at present But
remains your affectionate Father Until Death

    Joseph Skeen     JS     Johnathan Skeen

____Skeen Sir after my best respects to you these lines
___form you that I am well at present with the Exception
of __umatic pains hoping these few lines will find you in
good health I want you to write to me as soon as you get these
lines whether I could sell good Tobacco well in your country or not
write to me how it would sell & what kind of hay could be got for the
Same I have about five hundred pounds I would
bring out If the prospects is good there immediately Joseph Jessee