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Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout Brand, December 08, 1867

Irecieved your
letter yesterday eavning; was
truly glad to hear from my better
half. Indeed I had beagan to be
very ancious to hear from Rose
Dale. espescially one of its ocupan
ts. If it had not been so
far & I was busy I would have
made my apperance aroung the
family circle at Rosedale. Indeed
it would have given me a great deal
of pleasure to embrace my dear wife.
My health is very good with the ex
ception of the headache today. I have
been suffering with it all morning
But hope it may be well by morning
I have been enjoying very good health since
I was down. Hope this may find you
still improving & happy

Recieved a letter yesterday eavning
from cousin Mollie Colman directed
to my Kate wich I as before took the
privalige of opening. I will enclose
it in this to you., Hope you will not
centure me for the privileges I have
taken the letter is very hard to read
There may be sense in it but is hard to
get out, I think our Photographs
are very good. Yours I am very much
pleased with. the attraction was so
grate that my lips ware naturally
drawn toward it. I bought very
little at the sale. evry thing was
old & roughſ. I got a dining
table but as Ma intends to give us
one I can trade the one I got for a
good safe. wich we will need. I
got a good coffee mill & one or two
other articles. The chairs ware
so indifferent that I would not
bid for any. I have laid in
over three hundred lbs of Pork Made some sosage & rendered out
the lard ready for use. So you
need not be scared I will give
you plenty of meat & bread to
eat if nothing more & I am
sure we will never starve.
In regard to mooving up. I would
rather your Pa would moove us up
for it would cost me eight or
ten dollars to get a team to
moove us up. Very likely I could
get Bro. J. to moove us up. I
do not know whether he is busy
with his machine or note. I am
glad that Sis Ann has not given
up coming up with us. I will
find tranportation for you &
her If I do have to drive the
cows, I hope the weather may
remain as beautifull as it is
today so that we may not be de
layed by bad roads & inclement
weather. Will hope for the best. Nearly dark; my head has quit
aching. I took a short nap this eave
something new withme Evry
time I go to the land of dreams
I meet with my absent Kate It will
not be long untill I may realize
my night dreams. I will be down
Saturday if thare be no pres venting providence. Either
Carriage Buggie or horse back.
I will close as it is getting so
dark I cannot see how to moove
straight acroſs the page.
Give my love to one & all,
& reserve a double portion for
your self If you are writing
today I will recieve it before
I come down. Now may bright
angels protect the from all harm
is the prayer of your loving
husband.