Letter - Richard Pring to Frederick Baylor

The following transcript of the letter owned by Robert BAYLOR was found in an envelope addressed to "Frederick Balor, Vanburen Co., Iowa," and stamped from Willshire, 0h.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, We wonst more imbrace this opportunity of wright a few lines. It's in answer to your letter we received (from) you, and was verry glad to hear from you that you injoyed good helth and well pleast with the cuntry. We are all well at this time excepting Mary. She is not got stout yet, but is we think on the mend in gaining some strenth and helth. We do hope that these few lines may find you well and still well satisfide. That is grate peace. You no dout live in a good cuntry, and if you ar well satisfide, oh what peace injoying full and plenty and helthy and productive cuntry. Then haveing peace and love toward God and all mankind, that is heaven. Living and injoying this, you will live happy, die happy, and in glory live happy forever. Brothers and Sisters, we ar striving to meet you thar. And if we can meet thar, that will be as good and far better than living together here. We never expect to see you anymore in this world, but do hope to see you in glory and that's the best of all. Thar we can live in peace without any mixtur of trouble or sorrow or pain. No other new cuntry to seperate us nor perplex us, but one Eternal day without night. No need of sun thar, the lord of glory lites up the Sitty. Thar we can walk and Sing and Shout and Sing forever and go on. And we'll try to meet you thar. We have giv up ever gitting to Iowa. The family is against moveing out to the west, so we think that we never shall see you no more.

We ar all most ready to bid you fair-you well, because if we don't move to that cuntry expect we never shall get out thar. It may be that we may, but the prospect at this time darke. Getting far advanced in age and the concerns of life. It takes about all of our time and all of our change to take us through. We can live here, but believe that thar is places that we could live easier than here. But we ar not thar. It is a sorce of grief, too, for our folk to think of pulling up and moveing to that cuntry. It is so far off. Mary, her helth is so poor that she thinks that she could not stand to travel so far. If ever they think that they will venture, we'll come and see that cuntry or Nebraska. Our market this winter is verry good. Wheat is from one dollar to forty and up to one dollar and seventy-five for forty. Pork is four dollars and fifty cents. Horses, common is from Eighty to a Hundred. And a hundred and fifty (for) cattle is tolerate good price. All the friends of William and Mary is well as far as we know, We send our Best Respects (to) William and Mary Kear and family. Still continue to wright so that we still hear from you.

No more at present. We no bid you farewell. We still desire to be remembered amongst you. Still send us word.
Richard Pring Frederick Balor Mary Pring (to) Amelia (Baylor)

Note by Daniel B. Pring

My dear father, i take my pen in hand to let you no that i am well and i hope that these few lines will find you in the same injoyment. I would like to see you very well, and then i could tell you what i have to say beter than i could tell you. Thomas is well and send his best respects to all. i want you to write me a leter in return for the one i wrote to you so no more at present. i now Bid you fairwell.

Daniel B. Pring
to John Pring

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