1864
		Hartford June 21
	Dear Brother
		    We are all well
as usual or so as to be about Mother
is so as to be about but is not very
well she coughs considerable and
does not attempt to do much work
about the house.  Lucy has another
daughter 2 weeks old she has not 
been well since it was born and has been
quite sick for several days past.
Mr. Browns land suit was decided
last week at Detroit & came out
about as we expected  Mr Brown has
		land
to pay what the ^ is worth in the state
of nature  The Jury gave a verdic of
1100 eleven hund doll against Mr Bro
But Brown settled with the plaintiff
attourney on condisions before the
suit the condisions are that if the
     the plaintiff

[beats?] He was to take the west
half of the land and 300 doll
and give Brown a deed of the East
half  It has looked all a long as
though the Plaintiff was fearfull 
the suit would go against him for
they have been fast to settle without
a trial  But Brown would have it
tried so that his claim on Selden
would be govd  I am very busy haying
now  We find it very difficult to get
get help at high prices  Wm Baker
is helping me now for $1.50 a day
my corn is not half plowed out but
the drouth has brought the clover on
so fast that it needs cutting to save it
I am cutting this lot acrost the road
7 ½ acres it is very heavy except a small part
Fathers lot oposit Mr Browns is good
decidedly the best he ever raised
Alfred has been mowing at Fathers

clover to day  We see the effects of 
the plaster on clover  We have not
had rain here for a long time and
crops are suffering especially oats and
corn  my corn did not come up good
and I had to plant over  There is 
some signs of rain to night
Wheat looks well but needs rain
Corn is worth $100 to 112 ½ a Bushel now
	ever
did you ^ see the lik other things
about as high in proportion to their 
value striped shirting 50 cts per yds
But it’s a most 12 00 and I must stop
write often and I will try to answer
		        H H Dowd 

[Penciled in]  

1 The Man Who traded him the 
Land in Vermont

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J.S. Dowd
Gen Dodges Escort
Via Chatanooga
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