5/28/2018 Glens Falls, Sept. 1st, 1857
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1983.030.0153
LettersRanger Family
Glens Falls, Sept. 1st/57
Fred,
According to [nguess?] I write to you 'though when I left the
Lake I did not think
I should have any thing to write about
I drove to Sherrills & returned to see the Boat off &
then all of us Teams started for the
falls self ahead but before getting to the tollgate I met with
an incident to write aboutso here it
iswe left [Gules?] under pretty good speed Kate & Jenny
bearing well on the bit till within
near a miles of toll gate I overtook a leather team &
attempted to pass it, but in the attempt
failed & went off the bank Horses carriage & self in
somewhat of a hurry only a little more soI
found my self in double quick time some 30 feet down the bank on
a nice spot of grass minus my
hat which was a few feet further onHorses & Carriage brought
up against a tree some 10 feet
short of me When I got to them they were standing again on their
feet quietly cropping off leaves
from the bushes as though it was all as a matter of course
Sprague hailed to know if I was hurt
and [wn?] of course, noall rightset to work all of us & got
the Horses and Carriage back
into the road & found every thing safe & soundnot a
break of a scratch on either Horses,
Carriage or myself & only a [hek?] hook on the harness
brokenthus you see I got up quite anincident a feat that can't be
performed very often I sentWillard to day $50, & ordered 60
papers stopttrade about as usualI enclose Beers letter to youall
well
Your Father
S. Ranger
