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|  | 1871 :: 02-17 from L.B.F. Vick
« Thread Started on Mar 27, 2009, 10:43pm » | |
FYI . . . Lexington is now in Lee County, Texas . . .
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Lexington burleson Co. Texas
Feb 17th 1871
Dear Sister --
I arrived at home on the 16th at one o'clock I found all well Joe and Jim met us near burton with the horses.
Well we had a plesant trip from there to Texas about fifty persons from diferant states going to Texas so we had a good time all glad to see us as we were Texans
I have no news to write you must write soon and write all the news and I will write again soon and write something about all of your old acquaintences.
There is a great deal of difference in here and there today is a beautiful day looks like planting time plenty of everything here no hard times here like there is there.
Nothing more at present only remain your affectionate brother
L.B.F.Vick
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| | Re: 1871 :: 02-17
« Reply #1 on Feb 18, 2010, 12:41am » | |
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Jack Landers' Notes
10 August 2001
1)"Dear Sister" - Was this written to Amanda Boyd, Little Berry's sister-in-law, or possibly to his sister Martha A. [Vick], the second of his sisters to marry Ben M. Seale and remain in Mississippi?
2)"Joe and Jim" - L.B.F. Vick's son Joseph Henry Vick and Jim Marquis, father of William Jart, Joseph E., and Richard Powell Marquis?
3)"Burton" - Burton, (presently Washington County), Texas?
4)"...fifty persons...going to Texas..." - Apparently a general migration from the older States to Texas was going on.
5)"...we were Texans..." - Living in Texas from December 1869 'til February 1871 [about 14 months] was apparently sufficient to establish residence!
6)"Plenty of everything...no hard times here like there is there." - L. B. F. Vick was either very optimistic about the prospects in Texas, or was trying to convince himself that it was so!
7)"...remaining your affectionate brother" - See 1) above! Perhaps this was an appropriate closing for a letter to your wife's sister, but I lean to the notion that this letter was written to Little Berry's own sister, Martha.
8)"L. B. F. Vick" - Little Berry Fletcher Vick!
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