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Transcription of a letter written by John A. Winegar. In your communications you requested us to come and see you in order to make some setlement or arrangements concerning the estate of our deceast father in which we are partley interrested. At present we can't promise to come. It is getting late in the season and we can't get ready in time. Moreover I have a boat on hand and expect to go down the river this winter with cattel hogs and pork, my reason for doing so is because I have a good many cattle and hogs and cant sell to any advantage here at present. Pork is $2 per hundred at present. Catle from $1(50?) to 2 per hundred. A few lines to mother and Philip. If you want to make a setlement with the heires you have all in youre own hands both our papers and the estate, therefore your can arrange business without our being there as well as if we was present. Catherine says she is willing to trust mother and her brother Philip to act for her in that case. She wishes nothing but justice acording to her fathers will as she is separated a good ways from her brothers and sisters. She thinks they would not want to wrong her out of her wrights because she is not present. As for my part I have nothing to say on the subject and to abide with your desesion if it is acording to the will. That is all we expect or want and if there is anything remaining for her I will goe with her after it and jf she has to pay anything back some of you must come after it. But we think if you have had good luck there will be nothing to pay back. But if the business is done legal and we come out behind we will not flinch to pay up the last dollar. We do not deem it I can inform you that! gave John... some money last winter to I can inform you that sense I saw you last I have spent a great deal of money and property to improve my farm and buildings, not less than about 200 Dollars. We now have our farm in good order and largely improved. I have about 95 acres cleard and about 40 acres in woods pasters all with best kind of fences and new buildings -- 44 feet long and 28 feet wide with 2 story high chimney to each end. I have it prety well finisht. We have a plenty of all kinds of stock at this time of all kinds and tolerable well find to Live. Still we have need for all that we have bought to keep us in comfortable liveing on hand. I can inform you that we have good crops again this year, except wheat; it was not first rate this year every Under these conditions the Women can by all their coffee and tea and dry stuff and many other articles that they need. Here things all fetch cash at the prices that I have named. After a while it will be much higher along to when poltry gets scairse in the country. We find that times is getting some better this fall in our part of the country
turn over and see times is riseing for beter. ... the reason signed is because Democracy is about to Reign while Whigery must fall.Our state was a Whig state but it has found out the
mistake. lf the Whigs had not had the reins in there hands a few years
past we would be the most independent people in the West. But they ingerd us by the internal improvement sistem and
shin plaster... but we think we will see a beter day yet if we live to see
many more years roll round. Our 'state banks never is heed anything less than five dollar bills till about the commensement of internal business friends yon that have turned to be Whigs turn back before the next president election comes on and do your over for you want to be true republicans. Our state has elected nearly all Democrats this
year. We have a Democrat govener this year for the first time
that ever was elected in the state and times is changing for the beter as fare as we have any account. There
was a great deal of produce went down the river this year for which ... was paid out for in the lower
markets this is some encouragement to the farmers... still encouraging ...room is scarce. I must end this
subject. We had a first rate, market last year and again this fall mast is very plenty in many places where oak is plenty hogs will generly get fat in the woods this fall. We have many things we would like to wright being called fals wrighters in our former wrightings we will not branch out much at present hopeing that we may yet be blest with the pleasher of seeing
each others faces once more in this world and then we can speak face to ,face. That would be more satisfactory that wrighting tho it is much satisfaction to heare from you by letter
that is, respecting sending a
letter if you make a settlement
with the girls. We want you to send us a
letter and let us know exactly how
business stands. We was not aloud an equal part with the rest of the girls but we will submit to that if you will just take the property that they was to have extry and divide it equal amongst them and then give them an equal share with
us a far as we have received of the estate. After this is done you can't have anything against us having our
part of what remains for the heirs. As we live a good ways off we think it to be reasonable and right that our part should come in money. If the rest takes any property it will be at cash price. If you have had good luck, you have a very nice bunch of money on hand by this time if you have not let it go. But we could not tell by your letter... a final settlement or not. As for our part, if we are called to come we want to make a final close on our part and give a clear receipt and forever after hold our peace. These lines belong to that part of the letter that is perticular sent to mother and Philip. My loving friends, don't think hard if we wright on plain terms for that is the right way to do in all cases, to be plain and straight. We have been looking for a letter for 3 years. We began to think you had forgotten that there was such people as us in the world as us poor hooshers. This October 27th 1843 - this morning snow - our connection
are all well at present as far as we know at this time. If Philip sells and moves I want him to be sure to come by and see us, and if I can I will go with him to the Masourie. So fare you all well. Send letter as soon as you can.
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