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Childs Family letters, 1857 and 1859
1857-06-14 Page 2
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the result of your mind your price &c & if he does not hire befor I hear from you I think I can save the place for you He is a good neighbor & probably would be a good man to work for. He lives within 80 rods of our gait & think you would like him & his folks The wages here for the Season are from $15. to $17. per month so you may know how work folks live here & how you can come & spend the short term of 4 or 5 month if you can come at all We had a very cold, wet, & backward Spring here followed by a June still more so, little corn was planted in May here abouts so wet & cold was the ground I got along about as well as most of my neighbors not much behind the best of them
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the result of your mind your price &c & if he does not hire befor I hear from you I think I can save the place for you He is a good neighbor & probably would be a good man to work for. He lives within 80 rods of our gait & think you would like him & his folks The wages here for the Season are from $15. to $17. per month so you may know how work folks live here & how you can come & spend the short term of 4 or 5 month if you can come at all We had a very cold, wet, & backward Spring here followed by a June still more so, little corn was planted in May here abouts so wet & cold was the ground I got along about as well as most of my neighbors not much behind the best of them
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