McFarland-Russell Letter, March 27, 1889

Hamilton, N.Y., Mch. 27,1889.

Mr. R. E. Russell, Orange, Texas.

Dear Sir,

Your paper received yesterday, and very glad to hear even that account; though you are not the person who was first addressed and we are unable to determine satisfactorily who you are, yet we judge you are a relative of Henry Russell, or did we get the name wrong? I hasten to reply, because while I received the paper safely, yet if you were to send a letter, I might not that so well as you misdirected. Hamilton is in Madison

Country where we live, and Hamilton County is quite a distance north and east of us. My address in full I will give below. If you are Henry R.'s brother, you may remember Rev. R.'s daughter Mary, my aunt, She is very ill with dropsey and is suffering intensely. We think unless she gets relief soon, it will be impossible for her to live long. Her husband has been dead many years, and one adopted daughter also died about four years ago, so that she lives alone. Aunt Lot, mamma, and myself take turns in caring for her as she cannot be left alone. Hoping I may soon receive a letter from you & that you will explain yourself. I remain, to be whom(?),

Miss Lottie A. Williams, Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y.