Sarah Ann Camfield, 3 Nov 1893

Noble nov 3d 1893

well I dont know but you think I am not going to write to you any more but I have been very will this fall and have bee putting it off we are going to Bronson this afternoon so thought would write alittle I am trying to make me a dress have ben trying to fix up for winter am getting pretty along

I ahve raised quite alot of poultry I sold 25 chickens the other that weighed 144 pounds think we have [?] to sell they will not be as large we have 30 turkeys to sell and six pigs that will 100 apeace then we have done selling for this fall I am not making any butter only what we use nor wont before the 1 of Febuary so I wont have so much to do nor so much coming in

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Father is husking corn he thinks he is half done but will not have a Crib full by a goodeal we have so much to feed but the pigs and poultry will be gone pretty soon our corn was pretty good but not a verry good crop

I supose Fred will be home in about three weeks his time will be out we slod old Nelly for 10 dollars so now we have only jen and the colt for ateam the colt is as steady as an old horse

my hands are so lame it is hard work for me to write or sew or any thing rheumatism I suppose

tell Ashley I dont think he made much improvement on his name when he changed it to Cowlish

M and S A Camfield


For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield


Camfield, Sarah Ann (Noble, MI) “well I dont know”
[Anna Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 3 Nov 1893 Digital Images 1-2.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1891 - 1893,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Sarah Ann Camfield, 7 April 1893

Noble apr the 7 1893

Dear Children

I will try to write to you once more to say we are well not much just Father and myself Fred has been gone since the 15th of march that was Fathers birthday we had Mr and Mrs Bogardus down here to dinner she made and brought Father anice large frosted Cake for a birthday cake it was nice and good

we have not got a garden plowed but [torn page] planted yet Father began plowing for Oats yesterday he is going to plant corn on Bogarduses this spring I have 4 hens setting 2 will ahtch next week I have only 4 turkey eggs yet we got the two Chiago papers we like them but there is so much of them we cannot read it all S A Camfield


For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield


Camfield, Sarah Ann (Noble, MI) to “Dear Children”
[Anna Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 7 April 1893. Digital Image.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1891 - 1893,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Sarah Ann Camfield, 1 March 1893

Noble March 1st 1893

Dear Children we received your letter and also papers in due time and have talked enough about wrighting to write adozen letters

my hands are so lame it is hard work for me to write it has been cold weather here this winter I suppose it has been there also we have had conciderble snow here but not as much as you have had I suppose it has thawed now acouple of days and the sleighing is gone but the snowbanks are as high as the fences in places

we have not heard from Josephs folks since Fred came home the 14th of January Fred has not got aplace to work yet we are all well as usual some times I think more

I have ^not been to Bronson twice this winter

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that is all I have been out I have not been to Bogarduses since cutting corn time last fall we have had 3 pleasant days it did seem so much like spring this morning Fred says he has Robbins and blue Birds I dont think I ever saw so much stormy weather in one winter there has hardly aday it sis not storm we have hardly seen the sun al winter

they did not get Mrs Catons age right she was 73 instead of 83 as they had it in the paper the paper said she was born in 1819 and then said she was 83 you can see that was not right she told me her gae and she was 2 years younger than I was born 1817 and am 75 write when you can we are going to smoke our hams have you smoked yours it is night so I stop S A Camfield

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I will try and not wait so long next time


For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield
Henry Bogardus, Shirt-tail Cousin


Camfield, Sarah Ann (Noble, MI) to “Dear Children”
[Anna Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 1 March 1893. Digital Images 1-2.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1891 - 1893,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Events of 1893

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1893 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The U.S. Marines intervene in Hawaii, resulting in overthrow of the government of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii.
• The World's Fair opens in Chicago
• The Panic of 1893 is the start of a national depression
• Women were granted the right to vote in Colorado
  
• The tomato is legally declared to be a vegetable by the United States Supreme Court
• The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, UT was dedicated
• Lizzie Bordon was acquitted
  
• America the Beautiful was written by Katharine Lee Bates