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Grand Lake, Ark
June 21th
Mr. William H. Blake
Mulbury Grove
Georgia
Written on the inside:
May the 26 A.D. 1850
Louisana Carol Parish
Mr. William Blake. Dear Sir
I avale my Self of the present opertunity of writing you a few
Lines to let you now that I
am well at presant hoping allso that these few lines
may find you and familey
injoying the same Blessings You wold now ask whare I am at &
what I am doing I am
working on a farme at tenn dolars per month with a man by the name
of Thomas Smith nar the line
of Arkansas five miles from the mississippi River I Expect to
stay hear until Some time in
July and the I Expect to Return to Vicksburg and then I Expect
to go out to See Seebron.
Dear Sir I left Vicksburg on the 10th of April and John Leppord
and family was well at that time and Miss Julyann was to bee maried in too
weeks from the time that
I left thare . She was to
get one Ritchard Clark and I Expect you may now Stile hear as
mistress Clark . Dear Sir
times hear are tolarble good cotton is worth a good price and every thing
els in propotion thee country hear is very Rich and productive tho I
think it is very
Sickley . Range is very
good for hogs or cows and grate for game as you will fined out
by what I am going to Say
about green Leopar(d) hee went out hunting one day last week
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And killed five Bare and one
deer and was not gon all day. I live within 2 miles of green and
there all well or was the
other day I have nothing of importance to write to you there fore you
will Excuse The Shortness of my letter When you Receive this
letter I want you to write
to me and direct your letter to Vicksburg Nothing more at present
But Remain yours till deth
Fare well at preasant
William Blake
F. B. Minyard
