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was the will of providence to save her to her famnly and friends but our dear little .Mary it was her lot to be taken from us. She was sick only five days. "\Vith the fever and was called of very suclcnly and verry unexpectedly. She died on the 4th august. "\Ve feel and regret her loss much- the balance of the fnmaly a.re now generally in tolar- able health. Some of them have still slight chills and fevers but we hope they will soon ware off as the weather is getting quitcel cool on the 21st we had a heavy white frost which is considered very early here. With regard to our crops and improvements we have clone verry little since the middle of June as the Blacks were all sick as well :is ourselves we made a good crop of corn and pumpkins about 8 or 900 bushels of corn nncl plenty of pumpkins. "\Ve planted 13 acres of cotton the last week in June which bid fair to do pretty well but the early frost has injured it much as it had not commenced opening we do not expect much of a crop cotten is now a fine price in N. 0. from 16 to 18 cts. There is fine cropes in this neird1bonrhood and I am told all over the coloney where the overflow did 110t injure it the sea- son has been very wet at least untile about the middle of September (since prety dry) together with the over flow is the reason, assigned for sickly season, this low country has been visited more severely with sickness and deaths than the upper but that has not bean en- tirely clear. there has been recently a good deal of sickness at San felepe and nboYe nncl a good many deaths in our neighbourhood we have lost old l\fr l\1cNeel (fever) l\fr. "\Vestall, James and Emeline (cholera) and Mr l\funson (fever) which leves a very considerable vaclrnncey here in Brazoria our friend John anstin both his children l\:frs "\Vm austin-Anthony the printer, Bradly and a number of negroes all died a.t Westall with the cholarn. there was six or seven corps there at one time before they could be buried as the neighbours were afraid to approach them a great many more of your acqu:.rnt- ances you will find gon among them are Doctr Cox and counsel. counsels wife and child. Jno Cox on the Bernard and a number of others not recolectecl it is said there was 80 persons died at Brazoria in the course of the summer and Velasco was nearly depopulated by the cholera. Since you left I wrote to l\Iissouri for a 1\1:r Alex Somervill a man I have been acquainted with for many years :.rnd in whom I have full confidence he come in may and Austin and him have been in charge of the store since I gave him an interest as I thought it best. Austin was at school most of the summer learning Spanish and says he has improved a great deal. they have sold a gooc.1 many goods as they had the best assortment in San Felepe l\tfr S. is going in a few days to N O to get a few goods to replenish Joel and Beared arc now gone to collect your cattle as it is the first <1ppertunity we have had all sumer in conceqnence of the wet season the heat and the flies.
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