Gold Rush Era Letters

1849

Springfield Ill April 30th

Dear beloved husband

I received your letters this morning with very much pleasure indeed. I expected you to say that you were coming home but Alas I was disapointed [disappointed] but I have still hopes of your returning. I think when the company shall have arived [arrived] that some more will be coming. I think Abesars Fuller and Bilson will be coming for both of thier [their] wives are almost driven to dispair [despair] and Mrs. Bidle feels if as if she had buried her husband. Oh the poor women I can sympathise [sympathize] with thier [their] every feeling there has been a report that I was crazy but I am not quite althoug [although] I feel as I never did before. I am very unwell yet I do non [not] sleep half of any night and do not expect to while you are from me but if you do not come I shall get along as well as I can. Welly has been very sick with the summer complaint I gave him some of the homeopathic medicine but it did no good he got so bad that I sent for Dr. Henery he has got quite well again the Doctor says he does not think Welly has worms. Dear I do wish you were here our little son is so interesting. I have to play with him a great deal he is so lonly [lonely] he has no one to play with him but the birds he tries so hard to catch them he comes in from the yard