Dear Sister and Brother
I have neglected writing to lon ger. than I expected. but you have gron
so carless about writing to me which makes me more
negligent a bout writing to you. time
and circumstances semes to change pearsons
greatly. well I will guit
telling you of your faults and in form you of what a fine daughter I have got
she is now fore months old an a smarter to her age I dont
think I ever saw she is bessed with all of the good gualities. her goodness I take the [___] of that to
myself. I will tell you how I treat her
to make her good no mater if she cried I never took her up untill
I got my breakfast and cleand up my house then I take her up pull of her nightgownd and bathe her in a tub of fresh water from the
well this done Is dry her and put on her
close as quick as posible then nuss
her and put her down I all ways heve a particular time to take her up and she is very
little trouble to me I have no one to nus her at all non want no one she has never had a days
sickness sense I adopted this rule. I commens teaching school last mondy people ar verry indiferent about educating
their childrain a bout hear one man gives me twenty five dolars to teach his fore childrain
one quarter an other fifteen that is forty dolars per
quarter little beter than doing nothing Well I commensed
this leter four weeks a goy I think I will finised it now, crops are generly
good I believe I want you to move down hear or to Florida whear
we will goy as soon as we can sell out.
the baby has had the chicke Pok very bad but is geting beter of it now She
has a very bad pile coming on her knee
my leg has broke out again, if James Scarborough dont
pay me the ful principle of my money I Shal sue him and he must pay it this ear for him to kepe me out of m rights and I have to work hard and he have
some one to work for him I ant goyen to stand much longer.
If you now eny thing of Tourner
doo write it to me I haven heard. from him in a coon's age, write soon
I remain your friend and sistr
F. A. Miller,
June the twenty nint
1856
Dircet
yours to Pennings's post ofices
Hamilton conty
Florida