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Bridgeport Con January 17th 1847
Dear Brother James
I hear send you a few lines to let you know that
i am as well usel. and i hope you are the same
i have bin a going to write to you this long while but
i did not get at it. i suppose you thought hard ove
it, but i hope you will excuse me for not writeing
be fore. i have bin hear about a year and a half.
i have lately returned from a visit to newark, and
i found all our folks well. i suppose you know
that William has got married, they have had
a pair of twins last fall and they lost them. George
has got boy a few weaks old. i have thought that
you would have Written to some of us, but i suppose you
have bin thinking that we had outo write first
to you. times i not verry brisk hear but i supose
it is about as good as elce ware. i make a liveing
however and that is all i can expect i hav nothing
to say in particeler. i hope to see you on before
long. i wish i could make it coveanent to come
to see you i would do so. i hope you will answer
this letter as soon as you can if you will i shall
be pleased. write to me about your familey
and how your health is give my love to your wife
and little boy nothing more at present
Your Brother John S McCully
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