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Edgefield December 21,
1868
Dear brothers and sisters
I now rite these few lines to you hopen to find you quite
well as thank God it leaves us all at presant you must excuse
me for not writing before but we have not had our likeness
taken yet we cant get any were about here we had a letter
from George about a week agoe and he was quite well and he
have 3 children he say he think he should come home in the
summer for a few weeks Mother is much the same she send her
kind love to you all and hope you are all well. Robert and
family are all quite well and send there loves to you all
I dont know wether you see old Harmer when he was in America
he is home again alright Father was at Norwich sometime back
and he see one of your wifes brothers and he was quite well
we have had some very fine weather we have not had any snow
nor sharpe frostes yet corn wheat is about 1-3-0 shillings
a coomb there is not many turnips about this year porke is
about 8 a pound and beef and mutton 9 this Christmas give
all our kind love to Sarah and husband and family there is
not any potatoes about to year not good ones they are nine
and ten shillings a sack there is plenty of apples
My daughters kind love
to all I remain your affectionate brother and Uncle William
Remmington
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