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they know it as Col Claiborne telegraphed to Nashville to him.
It realy seems as if we were doomed to disappointments and misfortunes. I go up there that is up to the Russ place every week and was up there but a few days before the fire, admiring the place. it looked so fresh and pretty and Ma I knew would like it so much better as the Parlour and dining room was made considerable larger, very near all the shrubry plants fruit trees and grape vines were killed, that were near the house. It will never be found out I dont supose, who did it. I expect to commence planting cotton to morrow. I would have commenced much sooner but the weather has been rather cool for cotton. I have fifty acres in this "Peabody's prolific "corn" one hundred bushels can be gathered to the acre on tolerable good ground mine is up and doing very well. I have to put up my signe as a Dr I expect. there was a case or two of small pox about twenty one or two miles from here, thinking it might probaly get on this place, I vaccinated all the little children on the place twenty five or six, and every one has taken all on the place at Hermitage but one took I did not write up about for fear of making them uneasy. All are well here. With the hope of seeing you soon I remain as ever
your affectionate brother
Sami Jackson
P. S
I have not heard from you in some time please to write soon as you can. I feel very lonesome, and am become quite nervous from being alone so much. I am anxiously looking forward to [illeg] where we will meet again.