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1858 January 8 From Tibby Scott to Dr. James H. Minor

i drop
you thes few lines i hope you and all
of your family are enjoying the blesing
of helth and my love to them all
i am quit well and soe is my fam
ily at prezen and thay send thear love to all
i like the country Right wel and
i find it Better than i exspected
and the wether is quit plesant and
comforttable and we need our warm
clothing here as well as we did in the
states my helth has bin quite Bad
and i have Bin quit sick ofton and on
But thank god my helth is Better we have
great meny and diffrent kinds of vetgable
grooes here Eudoos and Cassavdoes swet
pototoe and plantin banneanna and some
times rice and corn these ar our breadstuf
and we have beans and peas cabbag grens rowpar ocra
we can rais cowever and sevrel kindes of veg
talle Frouits of all kinds grooes here too
fine apples gaugeous cheeres and oranges
lemmon meat is hard to get her i did
not get eny grocers ataul but 2 Barrel of
flooer if you Pleas to send me too Barels
of pork one barrel of fish one barrel of
of suggar and box of soap and a keg of
Butter and too Barrel of flooer and i than
k you if you [illeg.] pleas to me some
calicoes and gengeams and some [illeg.] stuf
to mak my Boys some clothes as

aid not have eny come out and shoes
Milvey ask youe if youe pleas to
send her a white foorved muslin drees and
pleas to send
a Bonneet and mantilar and some whit
shirting and some bed tick and a coun
ter pin and my love to all esspeashly
aunt Rachel if you pleas to send me
some gardon seds my love to Willam
and Joe and we all Desire to hear from
and wish for them to wright to me
and Mr Marress family thomes and
Brobert send thear love to [illeg.] Willam
and for Milvy and Mary also hows
all the Neigbors