Jan. 25th /63
  Sunday morning
	           Dear brother
it and sister it is with
pleasure I seat myself
to pen you a few lines
today finds us residents
of Saginaw City. We
arrived here in safety
We are well at present
and hope this will find
the same blessing bestowed
upon you and your household
We have not commenced
keeping house yet but
intend to move day
after to morrow no preventing
providence The market is
very steady beef's selling

at three and a half
and four dollars per hundred
and pork is selling at
four and half and five.
[&?] Apples are worth 75 cts.
butter is worth sixteen
and eggs are worth eighteen
cts potatoes are selling at
five about sixty nine cts
per bushel nothing more
of importance this time
Ann will fill out the
sheet so I think I have
a reasonable excuse for
not writing more this time
[illegible] write soon good bye

		Carlos Hayes

	Dear brother and sister it is
with pleasure that I take [I?] my pen to write
a few lines to you I have just been writing
home while Carlos was writing you he is 
finishing their letter and I will finishing
yours. I like it here very well much better
then I thought I should. I think that I shall
be contented when we get to keeping house
[illegible] that will not be agrate while I never
would get home sick while Carlos is in the
house but you know that he cannot allways
be at [illegible] home. I stood my side agrate deal
better then I thought I could I have nothing [illegible]
more to write give my love to Mr and Mrs [illegible]
[Kiss?] [Herbert?] and [Allen?] for me and the
same to both of you I will close by saying
good bye write often
		     From your ever loveing sister
			Annie S Hayes

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Joesph S. Bamber
Highland 
Oakland Co
Mich