Dear father and mother
and sister⁵ I received a
leter from you last
week and was glad to
hear from you and the
wrest of the folks in 
glover⁶ my health is good
and hope yours is the 
same I hurd that mr Clark
was sick and I was sory to hear
of that I hope that he wont
be sick long I had a leter
from varnum⁷ Friday he was
well and likes first he
has took 260 acors of land
he is a goin to build him a barn
this winter he has wrote you
two leters and wants two nose
if you get them - or not
I have received three from him
he sends his love to you all
it is warm and pleasent and
fine weather here and we
haint had any cold night yet

  ^{1This letter is part of the Abbott Brothers Collection at Philadelphia 
    College in Pennsylvania.  Transcribed by the University of Massachusetts 
     Lowell, Center for Lowell History.
  2Jonas Abbott b: 1836, Glover, VT; parents: Margaret H. King and Jonas 
    Varnum Abbott; stepfather: Cephas Clark; employed 1852-1854: 
     Lowell, Massachusetts.
  3Parents – Margaret and Cephas Clark, Glover, VT.
  4Lowell, Massachusetts.
  5Sister – Dorothy “Dolly” M. Abbott b: 1841, Glover, VT; parents: Margaret H. 
    King and Jonas Varnum Abbott; stepfather: Cephas Clark;
  6Glover, Vermont.
  7Brother – Varnum Abbott b: 1834, VT; parents: Margaret H. King and Jonas 
    Varnum Abbott; stepfather: Cephas Clark; employed 1852-1854: 
    Lowell, Massachusetts.}
  
 
 
  
the buter that you sent
to me I have sold but
not so well as I expected to
it fell one 1 cent on a pound
and part if it was not
very good its tasted the 
tub a litle just a nough
to not fetch the best price
I sold some for 22 cents a pound
And some for 21 and one tub for
19 cents a pound but I 
done the best that I could
with it if it had come
to weeks before it did I
could have done beter it was
fore days coming down the frieght
was 160 cents on the buter I
have got a part of the
money now the wrest I 
shall have in fore weeks
when the payments is in
I will send 25 dollars
this week buy the express
and the wrest as soon as I get
it write when you receive the
money yours    Jonas Abbott