Castletown April 14th
Dear aunt I supose [suppose?] you will think
I am not going to write to you but I
wanted to have all the news to send you
I got this letter on Friday last our sow
has piged [pigged?] on Wensday [Wednesday?] last She had 8,
one of them was dead when we went out
in the morning the cow we got is doing
verry [very?] well our corn is all a breard and
we will have all the potatoes down on
Tuesday our flax is brearded verry [ very ?] nice to[too?]
You might come up some day next
week to you would see us it is a
long time since any of yours was here now
We would like to see yous [you?] coming to see us
sometimes I expect my granma [grandma?] up shortly
to stay a while we would be very lonely
only having so much to doo [do?] write as soon as you
get this truly yours Eliza Steele
[written on scrap of paper probably part of same letter]
My mother does not say
anything about the address
Write and tell me whether
My Uncle would be able to
come up now or not
The [there?[ are nothing done about
the land yet we lifted
The fifty grounds so they
will be all injected now
