McFarland-Russell Letter, April 16, 1871 - Page 2

Orange, Orange County, Tex. Apr 16/87

Miss Kate McFarland
Esteemed Friend

Your most kind
and welcome letter of the thirteenth came to hand yesterday
and I assure you it was highly appreciated
and I am now seated to re;ly to it. Well to commence
with I will tell you what a nice time I had at church
today the Parson preached in in the country today
so I had to ride out by my self but I went home
with a young Lady and took dinner with her, and after
bidding her good by I returned home so as to have ample
time to write you a good long letter which I hope will
be as highly appreciated as yours are. I hope you
do not think that I am just writing to you to gain
information for Mr. W.W. I thought you had a better
opinion of me than that. I should feel very sorry if I
thought you did really think so which I dont believe
you do. as Mr. Ws friends all live near you I thought
I would ask you to put in a fe words sometimes to us. I
could write him a