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Samuel Jackson to Sarah Jackson
Clifton Plantation January 1st 1860
My dearest Mother
Yours of the 17th has just been received and read with great pleasure & interest. Pa has made me two visites since he left you but remained only a day or two each time. I can hardly realize that he has been here, and he did not give me time to collect my ideas. I could think of nothing to say, of importance, You and him will have to arrange thing's according to you own desire. I have been living here so long alone, that I feel perfectly stupid not able or capable of forming any plan or giving opinions of any advantage in business of weight or importance as the subject of which you write is. Please to tell Pa his two letters written from N. 0 was received the one he thought a certain person had taken came safely and untouched. I was glad to hear of his success with the samples of cotton. Pa will tell you all in respect to it. We have had some very severe weather, it is now very cold every orange tree both here and at the Bay is killed, the bark is splitting which is a sure sign of their being killed it is a great pitty. I had about 1000 oranges for you but Pa sayed he could not take any up, and they are rottening. I give out great many to the negros Christmas and very near all the rest to Mrs Claiborne. nothing new (excepting new years day). Christmas has passed but the dullest I ever spent, give my best love to all, and accept as ever the love of
Your devoted