An 1856 Letter from an Unknown Person in Winona, Minnesota (p. 1)

This letter is in the possession of Marjorie Kimble. It was sent from a unknown pioneer who was apparently living his first year in or near Winona, Minnesota. Apparently it was to the family of Francis S. Walker, but this is not for sure. The name William comes up in the letter, and this could be William Pearsey Walker, who would have been 14 years old when this was written.

At the moment, the other names mentioned in this letter have no known connections to the rest of the Walker family or their associates.

Winona March the 2nd 1856
Dear friends - I once more take my pen to write to you   we are all well at present and still hope this letter may finde you all in good health   the Baby has had the jaunders this winter but she is getting well we have had two letters from Teresa and one from Lawson but none from any of yours   has not Wm. to horses yet   I still hope to get some word from someone of you soon as I have wrote three times this winter   the mails from the south and east arrive here twice a week and I think that if there is any letters for me it is time I had them but here is the fourth one and if I [dont] get an answer to any of my first ones I will let you know but this has not come in yet   what I had intended to write a bout it was the winter and some other important things (cont. >>)

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