Letter to Joseph S. Roy from Levi
and Jane Bledso
submitted by Jim
{Jim Garner}
An 1880 letter to Joseph S. & Martha Roy
written in ink
No return address
Addressed to Joseph S. Roy, Esq.
Cains Store
Pulaski Co. Ky
Postmarked Aug 16 1880
K____, OREG. (very faint)
A. Knapp, Jr. P.M.
Note: I've added all the punctuation to this letter. Otherwise, the transcription is as close to verbatim as I can make it (including highly imaginative spelling) with one exception: the lines on the original are very short, so in the interest of space, I've collapsed two lines into one. The original line breaks are indicated by "/ ".
Septtember [sic]
Dier Brothers and Sisters / and all inqrien friends if any:
theis lines lieves us all well / at presante and I hope when
theis lines comes to hand tha / may find you all well and
ding well. tha con necttion in / heair is all well as fair as I
know. tha helth of our cuntrey / is good. tha roy children is all
doing well at this time. I / have gote them good hoames if
tha will Stay at them and / if tha woanite Stay I will bind
them oute to tha hairdis tas- / master that I can. tha 2 leaste
ones Lieu Cindy and Sarey is / at hoames that tha will Stay
ate untel deth parts us. I / will in forme you that
Zachiriah Roy and marein Roy
[page 2 -- on back of page 1]
is boathe oute heair and has gaun / to worke. Zach is boarding with
us. marien at wirk a boute / 9 miles off. my little girl
Sarey has taken up with him / varey much that is Zach Roy.
Now Joseph I wante you to / rite when you can. I wnte you
to vote for grate [sic] and not / for a rebbel. I was at a gran-
te meeting laste fri day / whair tha was about from
20 to 25 thousan repulick- / ans to about 50 dimocrats.
I wante you to tel Lemuel Roy / and Wiliam Roy and Jack
hammons to rite to me and / in ifact all of our connecttion
to write to me and rite yourself. this from Levi and Jane Bleso.
Joseph and Marthey / Plecs let Roy / Zachariah Roy rede this.
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Notes: Joseph S. and "Marthey" Roy were our the parents of Tabitha Emiline
Roy Garner. Jane Bledos(e) possibly was a sister of Joseph S. Roy.
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