W.H. Lynn to Cornelia F. Will, 1883
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- Box 1, Folder 5
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Relationship: Cornelia F. Will is aunt Not much time to come down because of steady work to pay off the saw mills bought that summer. Buying lumber, sawing it, and selling the lumber. Bettie moved since last letter. Still in New Concord. Annie's finished her house. Ella helping with the fixing up. Cold weather. Boarded in a shanty last week. Very crowded. Plenty of peaches. Sold for 40 cents to dollar a bushel. Story of Ella Switzer. Their little girl died. Attended theater with some men. Will working on railroad. Will lost his mind and took a knife and cut Tom pretty badly. Man sued Will. Reports must be taken with some allowance because of distance. Julie living in Hanover Licking County with house and lot.
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