Author: Isaac
Nathan Smith
Location: DeRuyter, Madison County, New
York
Recipient: Friend Rogers Smith
Location:
Date: December
4, 1870
Document 31
Letter
Dear Farther
Why does not thee write to us If the is unable to
write get HN Hunt to write I believe
he is not a Copperhead
I am still selling goods and am also Editing a
Newspaper I sent the a copy the other
day Did the
get it
My health is poor
Rest of the family well as usual
Nellie gone a visiting Jessie
is to home
We have the telegraph office in our store We
live upstairs
Nellie is now learning to paint She is one of the best
to draw there is in DeRuyter. I wish the could come and see the
children Aurelia & Jessie send
their love
Thy
affectionate Son
Isaac
N Smith