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Bleakwood Tex June 30th
Mr. R.E. Russell Orange. Orange. Co. Texas
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Bleakwood Texas June 29, 1871
Mr. R. E. Russell,
Kind Friend. I received your kind and very interesting letter of the 25th which was a pleasure to me [illegible] and I assure you my feelings are ^not in a very good writting [writing] mood this evening. and know^ing how you dislike dull letters, it will be quite difficult task to write an interesting one with out news. I can very well see what kind of a letter I wrote the last time by you asking me so repeatedly to give the news, now I have undertaken to give it you and where it will come from for I am very sure I can't tell. I suppose I will have to write of Storms and Sunshine, the
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rains has become partial I am in hopes it will show its partiality to an other place soon: the Storm did no great damage to anything but the crops it lasted over twenty four hours I did not think it would last so long. it blew down several large shade trees; so much rain I fear will cause a great deal of sickness though the neighborhood is very healthy now.
After waiting three to four months we received a letter from Sister Isabella. she wrote the people there was raising great crops though the rains kept them back and Storms was very frequent I think I must write to her this week. if I do not get an answer soon to the many I have written I shall surely quite writing. I have looked for a letter from Highhill for ever so long and have about given ^up the idea of getting it though as the saying is long looked for come
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