1 Mollie Benson June 23, 1865 1
june 23rd 1865
Dear Husband
I sit down this evening to
wirte you a few lines we are all well Martha
has gone to day to stay with rachel sommick a
week I feel lonesome I am afraid you will
not get home before the year is out but still
I try to keep cheerful and pray that god will
bring you home soon he can overule all
things for our good I was away to day as this was
Sunday I felt lonely we had a nice mess of cheries
I wish you had a mess too Emma has a sore boil
she cannot walk she will be well in a few days
I hope this may find you well I received
a letter from you yesterday I was glad to hear
you were well at the time of writing I hope and
pray you will come towards home when you do
have to move I think of you so much these hot
days I am afraid you will not stand it we
have a great celebration the 4th july nears
Williamsburg and grand dinner for the soldiers
how I wish you could be there and all of your
company they are to take all the soldiers wives
that wish to go I have had an invitation to go in
Fouses carriage I dont think I shall go perhaps
Martha and Emma will go our township are to
wear red badges Chatharine township white
and woodberry blue so we wile have the red
white and blue to morrow sarah and I are
going to go to the furnance to see about it I am going
to the store she is going to carry my basket of
eggs there is nothing new here the people are
making hay the grain fields look yellow there
will be hard work the woman will have to work too
hard hands are getting 2 1/2 and 3 1/7 dollars a day it
frightens some of our farmers I will not harvest any