Sandusky Lynchburg Nov 2008 by Pubdog Public domain via Wikimedia Commons |
I was very much gratified my dear Sarah at receiving a letter from you, for I had become quite anxious to hear from you. I had hoped and intended to have visited you before this but my health has been and still is so precarious that I cannot speak with any certainty as to the time that it will now be in my power to see you. If you find it convenient to leave home don't . . . for me, but come up. I am extremely anxious to see you.
You want some Celery and Carrot seed I have not one, having sown all I had many weeks ago. It think it too late for Celery.
Martha was delighted with her pretty Necklace. The children all send a deal of you. Lucy sends hers also and says you may expect a letter from her by the first opportunity.
Sending[?] love to Mr. Massie and believe me yours with true affection
Eliza P. Johnston
[Sarah “Sally” Tate Steptoe Massie (1796-1828) had married William Massie (1795-1862) in 1814.
Elizabeth Prentiss "Betsey" "Eliza" Steptoe Johnston (1783-1820).
Martha = Martha Butler Johnston (1814-1836).
Martha = Martha Butler Johnston (1814-1836).
Lucy = Lucy Hopkins Johnston (1800-1888).]
[Many thanks to Sue Davis, William Myers, Mary Davy and Sally Young for their ongoing research collaboration.]
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