Letter from
Spencer and Sarah Watter
to
Leander and Nancy Crumley
June 3rd, 1857

Georgia     Floyd County     June 3rd 1857

Dear brother & Sister   I tak the present opertuity of riting to you to let you (know) that we are all well at present hoping these lines may find you all well We resiev your letter for the first the 30th of last month witch giv me great satisfaction  I doo not know of any place now at this time I wil inquier about   I think that you can doo very well in this country thar is now danger if a man will work but what tha can git A place I wood like fore you to com down here and see the country I dont think that I evry will repent moving here for I hav mad more clear money since I hav bin here than I ever did in habersham and hav seen more than I cood in habersham if I was to live alway corn is worth 100 dollar bacon from 18 to 20 cts flourer is 3 1/2 cts first quolity and the best prospect fore wheat that has evry hav bin known   we have about 200 achors of wheat sood we hav a 100 and 75 ach in corn and coten lotes of it

(pg 2) and 42 ach of sugar cane we run from 12 and 13 plows I wont you to rite albout habersham all the good and bad if you hant sold your land never let them rascales about thare hav it fore les than you giv if you wil com down abouth the last of august we wil be biling the sugar cane com and stay week or two and juge the country fore your self rite to me wother you ar living at the same place or not alexander is nealy as big as dan was wen he left here and sese he is goying to see the giles before long and Sarah Ann is as fat as any the habersham lady we hav not named ourer baby he is so likley that we can not find a name to soot him if you com down here bring the note that levey Jackson has got agants me and I pay money So no more at present but remanes yours til death

   Spencer Watter                                     to      Leander Crumley
   Sarah L Watter                                              Nancy Crumley

submitted by Christine Crumley Brown

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