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1983.030.0110

LettersRanger Family

Cincinnati March 21 st1831

Dear Brother

Received your letter dated Feb. 28thon the 15thof this month and am glad that

you changed your intention of sending me some money, as I was also fearful it would miscarry

I wrote to you enclosing one to Caroline on the 8thinst. which you I think must have received by

this time, in which I stated I borrowed of Thurston $30. and also that I sent you letters by him

which I presume he has sent to you ere this I am pleased to hear all are well at home and am in

hopes to find you all in good health when I return together with a pretty goodshare of it myself

I have intended to leave this place for home about this time, as I havestated in my former letters,

until I received the first letter you wrote me from home advising me not to start till some time in

apriltherefore I put off my return till 18 thApril as stated in my last letter of the 8thinst. I

should not have left here at this time if you had not advised me, as the weather for some days

past has been too forbiddingcold raw march weather saturday morning the [ground?] was

white with snow, and pretty severe cold this day is pleas[ant?] [I] am rather cold some men

who cameacross the Allegany Mountains last week report that there is quite a depth of snow yet

on them, of course it will be unsafe for me to venture before the 18 thof April and as that will

make 6 months from the time I left home I will accordingly make my calculations to start at that

timemy health has improved quite very much since winter broke up and am in hopes to

recover in some measure my former health I wrote you that a tremenduous floodwas expected

in the Ohio River all fears of that have subsided and the river isquite low I believe I wrote

you that Capt. Price, Hitchcocks Brother-in-law was killed he lived in Franklin up toward the

LakesHitchcock wishes to move up there and take charge of the property, as he was pretty rich

H. says, but Mrs. H. is very much opposed to going how he will conclude I dont know I should

advise him to go, but there is so much difference in opinion between him and his wife relative to

it that I dare not hazard my advicemore of it when I see youI spend considerable of my time

when the weather will admit, with James Pitcher, who is a real companionable fellow Barnum

left here last week for home but will not arrive in Cambridge not much sooner than me at home

he left here on horseback and is going a round about way over

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Nowland is Clerk in our Store for a Mr [Steorett?] on lower market that nearly opposite Barnums

warehouse. I presented your compliments to him which he received with pleasure he had entirely

recovered his healthLansdau the Frenchman that boarded with us last winter is expected here

in a few days when I suppose Miss Mary Tucker will be highly elated as she is in hopes to get

himshe undoubtedly had him in view in taking her French lessons last winter, and is

undoubtedly in hopes to take French lessons of him in a different manner at some future period

she is very pert and wishes to seem or appear quite a learned body and would like to possess a

knowledge of the fashionable games of [Conc?] and Chess playingBen. displays occasionally

particularly when he has taken a glass or soThere has been a good deal of receiving and

discharging freight but business does not seem to be very brisk remember me to all

give my

compliments to I. C. G. Mrs. Ames Helen and ChildrenHunt is well is keeping house, but I

have not been into it no more at present your Brother

E. Ranger Samuel Ranger