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1st mo 28th 1831

Dear brother

I left Blue River the 26th left Samuel and family tolerable well and not much complaint in that settlement I am not far from Richmond I recd. thy letter or bunch of letters 12th mo. 28 and was very glad of them and…

Wayne County Indiana 10th moth. 7th 1830

Dear Father Mother brothers and Sisters I left S P the first day of this month got to richmond 2rd went to meeting next day it was first day it was very large has been so every day since its very dry at…

Rush County Indiana state 6th mo 14th 1830

to you my tender parents and all of my Brothers and Sisters Ive concluded to begin as I purpose writing to you as things occurs along as James Roberts exspects to start to your country the 1st of next…

State of indianna Rush County 2 mo 1st 1830

Esteemed Friend

these lines may inform thee that our families are in tollerable health at present desiring they may find thee and thine injoying the same favour thy letter came safe to hand which was…

Jackson Township Wayne County
Indiana Sept 21st 1829

Dear Friend Martha I have now an opportunity of sending you a few lines which will enform you we are all well also that Charlotte is living with Mr. Huntenger (Dutch People) she went to stay…

Rush County Indiana 1829-12th month 27th

to my Parents Brothers and sisters as there seams to be chance of getting or forwarding a letter to you by James Binford as he is now at Mycajah Binfors on his way to your country we are are all in yousual…

Rush County Indiana 1829 8th mo. 17th

Dear Father Mother brothers and sisters, we have recd. the letters by Aaron White the forepart of Sixth month last, the letter by C Moore came to hand the 11th of this mo. I have had a cold some time am not…

Rush Cty Indiana 3rd Mo 8th 1829

Dear Father Mother brothers and Sisters I have Recd. two letters from thee I recd. the letter thee wrote in the 11th mo in the 12th mo 12th day the letter being date 10th month 20th 1828 I did not Receive until the…

Richmond Wayne County Indiana 10th Mo 16 1828

Frd. Josiah Parker By Request of thy son I write a few lines to thee we have Just attended a favoured yearly meeting a favoured time In which time I have seen Elias Hicks with some others and he in a…

10th Mo. 12th 1828

Esteemed Brothers and Sisters all

This may inform that we are but feeble in this our old and declining age tho not seriously afflicted I have been much afflicted of late with the old disinefsnes in my eyes been afflicted that…

8th day 10th mo 1828

Richmond Wayne County State of Indiana 4 day Morning at our yerly meeting

to my Dear Father Mother Brothers Sisters

I take my pen in hand to write a few lines to you as there seams to be an opertunity of getting it along…

10th mo 8th
1828 Wayne
County Indiana

Dear Father Mother Brothers & Sisters

I have waited along time for a letter from you I got here in this state the 1st of 5th mo last I got to S. P. 7th turned in to work with him to clearing up some of…

At Uncle Isaac Parkers
4th Mo 22 1828

I arrived here the 15th of this mo I crofsed the Ohio River 13th got to Joseph Parkers the rest crofsed 14 and went on to Barnesville all my company got here safe except Charlotts youngest child which died…

James Town N. C.
5th mo. 6th AD 1827

Friend Josiah Parker

The Meeting for Suffering have appointed a kind of Emigration committee to endeavour to aid in Removing the people of colour I was appointed by said committee to Write to Friends of…

At Jeremiah Parkers the 26th 7 Mo 1826

Dear Father and Mother brothers and Sisters I Recd. thy letter 19th 7th Mo on blew River which I was very glad to get I left my uncles in Ohio the 22 of last mo I was tolerable the blacks had the hooping…

Wayne County Indiana, 7th Mo. 2nd 1824--

Esteemed Brother & Sisters

I at last undertake to give a little information--we are mostly favioured with tolerable health tho some little complaint as pains in my Sholder at this time so as to cause…

White Water 10th of the 10th Month 1823

Dear Uncle

I may just inform how it fares with us of late, we are all in good health except father who has had the ague & fever for about a week tho he has mifsed his ague he is quite indisposed, he has…

Hanover Mafsachusetts 6th Mo 27th 1823

Affectionate Parents and family I received yesterday and was glad to here from you to here that you were well, we have had it verry cool for the season up to the 15th of this month so that we expected frost…

Hanover 5th Mo 11th 1823

Esteemed frd.
Josiah Parker

Nathan has got quite out of patience waiting for a letter from home, we have not received one since we left Carolina, excepting one from Isaac Overman and it makes Nathan quite homesick, he…

Indiana Wayne County 2nd Mo. 28 1823

Dear Uncle

I thought I would begin to write in answer to thy letter, may say we are in tolerable health, people generally except William Williams he is quite weakly and considerable cough. As Relation to thy…