Harrison County Ohio June the 8th 1854
Dear
Sister I now sit down to write a few
lines to
you to let you know that we are all well at
present except aunt
peggy
she has a very severe attack of inflamitory rumatism
she has been confined for a bout three weeks the first two she
had to be lifted inn and out of the bed like a
child she could
not even eat her own meat but had to be fed
like a child
she is now some better she can
sit up a little and walk from
her bed out to the fire with one to assist
her the doctor says
that it will be som time before she gets clear
of it as it is a
very tedious lingering complaint and he says
she must be
verry carefull of her self and not be exposed
to wet or cold
as she may have a relaps the rest of the
friends are al well
I received a letter from David dated March
the 30th in which
in answer to the one that I rote a short time
before he wrote
that you were satisfied with the disposition
of unkle johns
property and that if the will was broke it
would be
don with out your consent and with out your
assistance
but I see in our paper that thear is a bill
filled in which
you and others are plaintiffs and me and
others are defendants
and I have heard just lately that you wrote to
David that you
were not satisfied and I suppose on the strenth
of that he
made
use of your name now if this be true
it seems to me
to be verry strange but I would like to know
the
certainty of it and I hope that you will let
me know as soon
as convenient
it makes no particular difference to me only
just for my own satisfaction I would like to
know what
representation he made to you about the
disposition of the
property as he has been representing it in a
verry different
light from what it actually is and he may have
deceived
you in order to get you to help
him if my memory serves
me wright I think I wrote you not to have any thing to do
in the case as you would be as well of[f] if
the will was broke
as though you had assisted and if not you would
loos nothing
[Second page]
David said in his letter that you
wanted to know what aunt
pegs idea was in going to Illinois whether on
a visit or to stay
she had no idea of staying anny longer than
fall or till
she would me[e]t with a good chance of coming
back again
I intended to take her out to see you and
stay awhile this summer
but the prospect for her going is very dull at
this time I
intended to go about the middle
of may but she took
the rumatism and concequently was not able to
go perhaps
after harvest or in the fall if she gets better we will go
I want you to rite as soon as you get this
letter
and let us know how you are getting along but
I must
close
excuse my bad writing for I have wrote in a hurry
give our best respects to all the family
and to John and
his wife
no more at present yours
affectionately
J
W Carrick
PS I send you the bill as it is
in the paper
and if you request it I will send
you a copy of the will
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