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Samuel Jackson to Rachel Jackson Lawrence
Clifton Sept	57
Dear Sister
I again find my self seated pleasantly engaged writing to you. I have been anxiously looking for a letter from you for some time, but have not had the pleasure of perusing but one of your interesting communications but hope this will be the means by which I may receive another although this will be a very poor apology for a letter. but it is the best in the shop at present, not that I have so many customers that they take all, but that I am continually sending to draw them, but I am affraid it is all in vain, so far with out any success. I received a very long letter from brother last week no news but love. I suppose you spend good deal of your time over at place now, as I suppose that near all the rough work is completed I guess the Dr has been very buisy since the commencement of the building as he always seemed to take great pleasure	in working	or	assisting in any thing of
that kind. he is like	my self	in	that respect. I cant stand and
look on, I must have a	hand in	it	my	self. I have one fault. I
work too hard. I work	till my	hands	are so blishered that I cant
work, then I have to sit and look on. I have been very busy for some time in making some cotton scaffolds. I have them all finished now so I have to stay in the house the most of my time, as the mosquitos are so bad I can scarsely go out side of the door. they are worse now than they have ever been. in riding out you could scarsely tell what colour the horse is. We have been picking cotton now for a week all together. I think we will be steady at it till we get it out. if we have a late fall we