David G. Montgomery – 16 Feb 1845

Address: 
Green A. Davis, 
Union Parish Post Office, 
Farmerville, La.

Caroll County, Tennessee
February 16th AD 1845

Dear Cozin,

It is with plesure that I take my pen in hand to write you a few 
lines to informe you that I am well at present. Hoping that these 
lines will find you injoying the same blesing. Our friends is well 
at presant.

What is living thare? Is not much complant in the neighborhood at 
this time. There has been great deal of sickness this sumer and fall. 
Edward Montgomery died the 17th day of March in the 1843. 

Father died the first day of January, 1845 so thare is two of the 
family died in 3 years next June. This part of the world don't soot 
us tho I hante had no sickness since I come here but as times is bad, 
I would like to leave this part and hunt som other home and I should 
like to know what sort of a country yourn is, for I have some notion 
of that corse. You will write to me and send me the truth about your 
part of the world and send me the staple comodity of that country, tho 
you wrote to David Y Davis that you were coming this fall. I hope that I 
shall see you if you will come. Perhaps I will go home with you and 
some of the reste talks like tha would go too. So if you will come, 
you will have company back shore for if non of the rest will com, 
I will be sertin to go, if I don't move thar. So come and see how your 
old aquantinces looks and your old play mates when children.

It has been 8 or 10 years since I saw you. You wodnent know me from 
some old hunter. I would be glad to see you and your wife and children, 
to see if tha are pretty as you say tha are.

I want you to write to me as soon as you get this leter and write 
whither you intend to com or not in the fall. Tho you must be sertin 
to com, if you possable can.

Unkle David is well and Aunt Jane and James, John, David, Sarah and 
all the children. Mother and her folks is well and so are the friends. 
So I must bring my litle leter to a cloze. You must excuse my bad 
spelling and scratching. Send me answer. 

I remain your sincer friend.

David G. Montgomery

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