Absalom H. Brandenburg to John H. Brandenburg

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Submitted by Virginia M. Finley

Envelope:

TO: John Brandenburgh
State of Kentucky
Estill County
Irvin Post Office

Lexington, MO.
2 July

25

Missouri, Lafayette County
June 30, 1832

Dear Brother:

I now take the opportunity to inform youthat we are all well at this time. Hoping these lines will find youall in good health. I wrote you a letter sometime last winter andI have gotten no answer as yet. I have concluded you have not got it. I wrote it in haste and sent it by a nabor (neighbor) to town and forgotto put your name to it, only directed it to the post office.

We have a very bad season for crops. It has been so cold and wet. There was hardly any corn that wouldcome up. It was so bad frost bitten. Corn is 5 cents per bushel. There is some people that will hardly get bread. Flour is Three Dollarsa hundred. Bacon is from seven to ten cents per pound and not muchto be had at that. I have sold upwards of two hundred weight of baconand five hundred weight of pork which I let Brother Joseph have. A great many hogs and cattle died in the county past winter and BrotherJoseph lost his of ______ and I let him have mine and I got his ______and his colt. He concluded it must be a better place up there inClay County than here for all the land here is bought up that is ____ (inkblot). I shall go up to see
Brother Joseph before long and to seeif better than here, then I will go there to live. I look for BrotherJoseph to come down to see me this summer. I understood there was a newboundary line run to include the flat country which from information isgood.

My crop is not good but if the season isgood from this time, I think that I will make what will do me for I havefive acres, a half of wheat which is said to be the best in our sectionof the county. It will be ripe within a few days. I have sixhead of cattle, four head of horses and plenty of hay. Have big standof (ink blot)______ for the maize are very numerous.

I want you to attend to selling my land,if you have not sold it. Henderson has not got any bond for that whichwas not sold. I only told Campbell to make him the offer. Iwant you to tell Campbell to make the right to them you sell to, or toyou. There is one hundred and fifty
acres which was not sold that Hendersonhad no right to, only that I told Campbell to make offer to him. I want you not to take less than One Hundred and Fifty Dollars for theold place and if you can get Fifty Dollars for the land I took up, letit go. If you can not get any more for it, but I think the _____and other timber that is on it, that it will bring more. I want youto do the best you can for me so I will pay you for your trouble. I want you to make all you can of Henderson. If old Henderson oranyone else mows for him, try and fix some body to stop them. Ifyou can catch old Henderson mowing you can make him pay the debt. If you can sell and get me any money this fall I want you to bring it withyou if you come out this fall and if not I want you to send it by somesafe hand. If William McGuire comes out send it by him and take receiptfrom him. I want you to come to see this country for if the seasonsdoes not dig ?_________ hasten you. I think you can better yourselfhere if you can sell your property there to an advantage. I want you totry and get that money from Hardin if you can for he is a mine man. I want you to write to me and let me know how you do __________ come onout to let me know now how you are coming on doing my business and whetheryou received the letter I sent last winter or not. If you do notsell my land, rent it to the best advantage you can. Cattle is sellingvery high in the country. Milk cow from Ten to Fifteen Dollars. Ifyou move to this country by land ( ink too faded to read)______________. ___________________________________________________.

I want to see you all very much and wantto hear from you. No more at present but remain yours. Affectionsto Brother and friend until death.

AbsalomBrandenburgh
John Brandenburgh
SamuelBrandenburgh
GeorgeH. Brandenburgh

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