Letter from
James Benjamin Crumley
to his brother
Leander F. Crumley
Oct 2nd, 1859

Resaca Gordon County Georgia
Oct 2nd 1859

Dear Brother

I received your letter a few day ago which gave me satisfaction to hear you was all well.  We are all well  Times are moderate here there is some money in the country yet corn is worth 75 cts Wheat 85 cts Salt 2 Dollars pr Sack 3 bush Cofee 6 1/2 to 7 lbs to the dollar nails 16 lbs to the Dollar castings 5 cts pr. lb Iron from 6/1 to 9 owing to the quality and pattern  We have walled up the grave of Father & Mother with Stone except the pinting which I will do in a  few days  Jack & Ellick came down & Jack stayed til it was done  Me & Jack done the most of the work I worked all the time in getting out the Stone and then halled them up & helped to lay them  Morgan was with us all but one day though he was Sick a part of the time. Morgan has had the property appraised and he will sell at outcry before verry long the day of sale is not advertised yet or I would tel you when perhaps he will write to you all and let you know time enough to come

(pg 2) Greene & Louiza lives I suppose in Chattooga County as their Post ofice is Dirttown Gerogia how he is doing I cant tell but he writes he has got the best crop of corn he ever saw in his life you wanted me to write whether you could do better here than thare Which is a hard thing for me to do not knowing how well a man can do thare but a man can make a living here and and all over and above he can get the cash for it by taking it to the Rail Road 3 miles whether it be corn wheat oats rye or baley peas beans potatoes Onions turnips cabbage Chickens ducks turkeys eggs butter and rags  So it Seams to me that it is a very easy matter for a man to live here, when he can Sell his old clothes after they are worn out and hardly fit for dish rags.  As to going to the Rocky Mountains you must do as you please but I would not adviss you to go at this time fo there is thre or four nation of Indians joined together against the whites if you would like to live here I will gave you a home on my land four years rent free by you clearing the land or longer I have had 5.50 Dollars S(t)uck at me for it.  Write when you get this & accept the lov of

J. B. Crumley

submitted by Christine Crumley Brown

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