Jane Chambers & Alexander Park toDear Brothers & Sisters
[Page 1] Jacksonville 1859 August 28th Dear brothers and sistors[sisters?] we take up our pen to let you know that we are in good health hopping[hoping?] these few lines will find you in the same state thanks be to God for his kind mercies toward both you and us we received your letter dated march the fifth fifteenth and we weated [waited?] for some time for to get some money to send to our father and mother as we had not it in our hands at that time times is very dull and when money is out of a persons hands he can not get it when the [they?] plies [please?] We never recived[received?] mothers dead letter unto we got [page 2] Fathers that was the first we heard of it and mothers has not come to here as yet we need not grive [grieve?] after our deir [dear?] parints [parents?] for life has been no pleasur [pleasure?] to them for some time we are glad to heir [hear?] that the [they?] had their rashnil [rational?] since [sense?] to the last deir [dear?] Brother and sistor [sister?] we feel verry [very?] sorry for the burthing [burden?] yous [you?] had of them we do not mean to forget yous [ you?] as far as we ar [are?] abel [able?] and send the sum of two pounds at present which we had redy [ready?] to send to our deir [dear?] parints [parents?] but we expect it will not come out of [Page 3] time Samuel we want you to let us know if you has anny [any?] word from Philadelphia or if the [they?] ever sent father or mother anney [any?] thing We have wrote to them difirent [different?] times and never got answer from them Pleis [please?] when you write send us the derctions [directions?] for brother Charles childrin [children?] We expect revivalles [revivals?] is A strasnge thing in Ireland But it is not strange heir [here?] For it has been heir [here?] for Severl [several?] years but it has got Into the most of the prot Protestant churches for the [Page 4] Two or three years We are no more at present But remanes [remain?] your Afectnis [affectionate?] brother and Sistor [sister?] Jane Chambers Alexander Park When you write Direct to the care of Mr.John Whillock Jacksonville Moran county IllinoisClose