Nan J. Guyer Pisgah, Cooper Co. Missouri, April 11, 1863 Aprile the 1863 11 Dear Mollie -- it is with the greatest of pleasure that I seat myself to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present. Mollie I have not heard from you since you left. I am anxious to hear from you whether you got home safe or not -- and how you stood the trip and all about it. I heard that you was made at me and Kate for not coming over to see you. I was very sorry to here it, but I did not hardly believe it for it was impossible they was useing up every horse on the place that was fit to ride. I think we are very excusable don’t you. I think you will say yes. We will close that subject and talk about some other things. Mollie I saw Doctor C----last Thursday night --and he is just as mischevous as ever, and I also saw two of my sweethearts last night, one of them was a young gentleman from Warrensburg, Johnston he is a gint you bet. the young gents all fell in love with you when you was down. I don’t see what we are to do about it. Mollie I had my fortune told the other day, and it was a good one you bet. I will tell you some of it. Well she said in the first place that I was engaged to be married and would be married twice - my first would be a farmer and my next a merchant and was going to do very well to get either of them and also said that I was going to live in a frame dwelling and have some beautiful shade trees in the yard; and I will be finely fixed. Now don’t you recon you would wish to see me then. I have had some nice times since you left. Tell Gustus* that I am not gone to Kentucky yet but I do not know how soon it will be till I start. Tell him I have been looking for him ever since I came home. I can’t work for thinking and looking for him. I am getting very uneasy for fear them girls up there wont’ let him and Ike come down.......Don’t you believe it. I guess you do. Tell him and Ike and Alexandr and Tommy and Billy and Jerry and Johnny and all the good looking boyes that I send my best respects and wishes and love. And also tell all the girls I want to see them, O so bad. Sure they don’t know I had rether see them than to bite my finger. Tell them all what’s the matter. Give them all a kiss for me, the two Fannies, Mag, and Sallie and Jenny and all of them I know Tell them to write to me if they please and if they don’t please do so any how. You must do the same so no more at present for I am writing by candle light and Have got sore eyes. I am going to start to school Monday Mollie. Come down as soon as you can. I am coming up as soon as I can. Tell Gustus to come when he gets ready. I will be very glad to see him when ever he comes. Christopher has gone down to Mr. Morey’s to sit till bed time and Hattie is asleep and I am alone in my room writing or rather scribbling. You will think this is an awful fool but you will miss it won’t you. Say yourself, I have got three letters and they are the loveingest things you ever saw it would make you sick to read them for they have a great deal of love in them. Maybe you don’t believe it I guess if you was to see it you would say so every time. I will quit my foolishness for I know you are tired of reading it. Kiss Mother rite soon if not sooner So farewell or good by Nan J. Guyer April the 11th 1863 Saturday evening Pisgah Cooper Co. Mo *Gustus is Augustus Cooper Marshall, brother to Mollie Ike is Isaac Francis Elliott, Mollie’s future husband © Copyright 2007 - All rights reserved