1852 09 09 Sarah Carrick to sister Lavinia Carrick Andrews

                        Harrison County Ohio   September 9^th 1852

Dear Sister  it is with respect I now sit down to inform

 you that we are all well at present except unkle John he

 is not any better he is very helples  he can make out to

get out of his chare him self for the mospart and walk to

 bed the doctor thinks he will not be any better he is very

 short of breath he says he feels as well as ever he did

  the Doctor says he will not be any better he says it is

 very uncertain how long he may live  the friends

 are all well at present  Davids are living in Athens

  Martha Wear and the are living togather aunt

Betsy is working at the milener business and Martha

 is sewing she has

very hard geting along she had nothing

 left to keepe her  Jane Duff is dead  we had a letter

 from Nancy Parr about the first of May  the were

 all well we have not herd any thing from you since

 Mary Janes letter I wanted James and David to write

James said he had not time David mite have written

 several letters he has ben at unkle Johns most of the

 time for the last too months  we are talking of going out

 to see you this fall  is very uncertain wether we can

 leave unkle John we will not go til after the

 election   writ and let us know whether you are coming

 in this fall  Peggy says she would like you to come

 in   if I could see

you I could tell you agreat many

 things  I am so bad at writing

 I can not tell you

half I would like to writ as soon as you get

 this and let us know whether you are coming in

  the have just brought John down to our house

  a few minits ago he has not ben there for

 several weeks he talks very little without you

 talk to him  I told him I was writing to you

  he said that was very well no more but remains yours

   Sarah Carrick     Livina Andrews

[this portion of the letter from James  is included with the transcription above but no copy

of the original has been found yet]

September 10 1852

Dear friends  I sit down in hast to write a few lines to you and as Sarah has

written and I am in a great hurry I cannot write much  we have made calculations

to go out to see you this fall if circumstances will permit but it verrye

uncertain whether we will get of or not if unkle John should keep as well as he

is now we will likely go we may probably start about the time of the election

we have not seeded anny yet we will commence next week  I have nothing verry

particular to write and my pen is verry bad you can scarcely read what i

have wrote  write to us as soon as you get this and let us know if you are

coming in this fall and what time  no more at present but remain yours and

                                                James W Carrick