Letter, A. B. Parks to Augusta Rice; 12/14/1864

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              Dec 14th /64
                       Choctaw agency

Mrs. A. H. Rice
 
              Dear maddum
                       those lines leves all well hear & no bad caseis at the lower place the sum complant I sende to Crofard depot on thursday from the fact that I kild hogs on munday & culd not git all fixt up that I wisht to sende before I sende you a barel of back bones & ribes & sausig mete & a box of sous & one of sope & the shuse one bucket of butter I kild 21 hogs waing 52.86 lbs as we have not meneay to kill I thought hit best to wate & git the rest as good as I can what I have kild was good fat one of them wade 3.95 lbs I wood be glad if you can that you wood sende the baril back when emtyd as I have nede of more than I have got & hit will ancer the sam purpos agane when I kill agane Delpha & Beckeys child is impruvin Delpha is spining tho just begun I have got the oxon we spoke of by the leve of Mr Gaston we find that the damand is so grate for stears that we war afrade to wate I have sold most corn anuf to pay for them with 100 bushels that I let go atords them Jane says plese to excuse her for not spining the thread better that the cards was so bad that she culd not due hit eneay better Jane says thare is one black ball & on purpel one for Mrs Foot & one black one for you I will atende to washing & drying the wheat as fast as I can but can do mity littel at hit now & I have a good deal to fix to pay for the sede I sode I was going to crofferd vill my self to day but thar ar waggons hear after corn so that I cant leve in time I intended to & se f the thing had cum to have ritten & let you no but when I rite agan I can let you no if thay have cum the sous meet I spoke of sending in a box will cum in a bucket you will plese tel Maj Walker I resevd his letter & thank him for what things he can git & sende

                 yours verreay respectfuly
                               A. B. Parks

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Title	Letter, A. B. Parks to Augusta Rice 12/14/1864
Description	Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, reporting that he slaughtered some hogs and is sending her some meat and produce. He also writes about cattle and spinning. 1864.
Creator	Parks, A. B.
Physical ID	24-F26-5
Date (original)	1864-12-14
Date	December 14, 1864
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Plantations Plantation overseers Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.) Cattle Swine Agriculture Slaughtering and slaughter-houses Spinning Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Original collection	Nannie Herndon Rice family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 leaf 27 x 21.3 cm.
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	December 2010
Transcript	Dec 14th /64 Choctaw agency Mrs. A. H. Rice Dear maddum those lines leves all well hear & no bad caseis at the lower place the sum complant I sende to Crofard depot on thursday from the fact that I kild hogs on munday & culd not git all fixt up that I wisht to sende before I sende you a barel of back bones & ribes & sausig mete & a box of sous & one of sope & the shuse one bucket of butter I kild 21 hogs waing 52.86 lbs as we have not meneay to kill I thought hit best to wate & git the rest as good as I can what I have kild was good fat one of them wade 3.95 lbs I wood be glad if you can that you wood sende the baril back when emtyd as I have nede of more than I have got & hit will ancer the sam purpos agane when I kill agane Delpha & Beckeys child is impruvin Delpha is spining tho just begun I have got the oxon we spoke of by the leve of Mr Gaston we find that the damand is so grate for stears that we war afrade to wate I have sold most corn anuf to pay for them with 100 bushels that I let go atords them Jane says plese to excuse her for not spining the thread better that the cards was so bad that she culd not due hit eneay better Jane says thare is one black ball & on purpel one for Mrs Foot & one black one for you I will atende to washing & drying the wheat as fast as I can but can do mity littel at hit now & I have a good deal to fix to pay for the sede I sode I was going to crofferd vill my self to day but thar ar waggons hear after corn so that I cant leve in time I intended to & se f the thing had cum to have ritten & let you no but when I rite agan I can let you no if thay have cum the sous meet I spoke of sending in a box will cum in a bucket you will plese tel Maj Walker I resevd his letter & thank him for what things he can git & sende yours verreay respectfuly A. B. Parks

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