Mentioned in this letter are:
Frankie's parents: William B. and Jane E. (Munn) Cook
Frankie & Minnie's friends: Matie, Phebe & Cora
Eva: Frankie's sister
Uncle Frank and Aunt Blanche: Frank R. Munn (Frankie's paternal uncle) and his wife, Blanche (Stilwell) Munn (Minnie's sister)
Charly and Net Osborn: Charles H. Osborn and Annette (Stilwell) Osborn, Minnie's sister and brother-in-law
Grandma White: Betsey (Dennis) White, Minnie's maternal grandmother who died in
April 1875
Eddith: Minnie's younger sister, Edith Stilwell
Mr. Stilwell: probably Minnie's father, Lonson Stilwell, though it is not certain
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Letter addressed to:
Miss Minnie Stilwell.
Metomen. Fond Du Lac Co. Wisconsin.
Postmark: Windom
MN Sep 21
September
18th 1874
Dear Friend Minnie
I
now sit down to answer your kind welcome letter of long ago. I have neglected writing this a long long
while, because there has been no news. I
have no excuse only I had nothing to write it has been grasshoppers all summer
long and I had got tired of that. And so
I have been waiting until now and I have nothing more to write now than I did
before. but as I feel like it I will try and write a
few lines to see how you all get along.
I have looked and looked a long while for a letter from Mr. Stilwell,
but have looke in vain. Tell him he
owes me a letter and I would be very glad to hear from him. I have wrote to all of the girls except Matie
& Phebe & Cora last. I have not wrote to Matie in a long long while and
now I almost ashamed to write to her. Poor
girl how sorry I feel for her does she go to Sabbath School and every day
school our school has let out now and I do not know when it will commence again. I did not go but a half a term this summer
because I was sick and Mother would not let me go. I am better now and I shall go this
Winter. Father was quite sick the other
day and he said he was a good notion to start for Wisconsin the next day. I guess he was a little homesick he is better
now. Did you go to the fair oh how I
would like to go but I cant and there is no use of thinking anything about
it. It is getting real cold hear [sic]
and acts like Winter. I dread the Winter
every body here says that we are a going to have an awful hard Winter this
Winter but no one knows till Winter comes.
Oh Minnie I know you want to know how our wheat & oats turned out
this summer. Well this is Grasshoppers
country we or Pa I had nothing to do with it.
Pa off from 240 acres of land had 7 ½ bushels of wheat no oats. We had a few potatoes how is that for a
Grasshoppers country. There it is again
I said when I commenced I wouldn’t mention Grasshoppers once but I guessed I
mused [sic] have changed my mind by the looks and reading. Our folks have all gone to bed except Eva
& Myself. We live up town now we
moved about 7 or 8 weeks ago we live upstairs we have one large room and two
bedrooms it is not very easy running up
and down stairs all of the while where
is Uncle Frank & Aunt Blanch now and Charly & Net Osborn. Oh how is Grandma White I would like to see
her. And Eddith [sic]. Oh Minnie you cant imagining [sic] how I
would like to see you all. There is a
Artist coming here in two or three week and I am a going to have my picture
taken and if Mr. Stilwell will write to me once more I will send him one. I wrote to Jennie a long time ago and she
has not answered it yet. Cora have you
seen her lately oh how I would like to see her black eyes snap I tell you
Minnie if I cant think of any thing to write if I could get with you just for
one day I am afraid there wouldent [sic] be much time lost with our toungues [sic]
especially I am thinking it will be hard work to read this I have scribbled so,
bu you must excuse me this time I have not had anything knew [sic] this summer,
have you write and tell me all about
it. I received a letter from Grandma
Well I have wrote a few lines I think and I guess I had
better stop if you can read this I will be supprised [sic] for it is all that I
can do to make it out. Now I want you to
excuse poor writing mistakes, bad spelling.
I am ashamed to send it it looks so
Now Minnie I want you to write me a good long letter and
tell me all of the new and all about the girls.
Well I must close now write soon goodby give my love to all and Kiss
Grandma White for me good by write soon Frankie
to Minnie
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